How to Use mechanic in a Sentence

mechanic

1 of 2 adjective
  • The stranger told him about airframe and power plant mechanic school.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Thankfully, a mechanic shop was a short drive away.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 28 June 2026
  • But in a loophole, fake mechanic liens can be put on a property, too.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Her brother’s dream, Suyen said, was to open his own mechanic shop in Nicaragua.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2022
  • My grandma’s house sits around the corner from my uncle’s mechanic shop and down the street from my tía’s house.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Kreider is refreshed to be teaching young folks who are engaged in mechanic work.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of the movie’s chimeric mesh of lion, wild boar, bear and wolf, this beast is all mechanic body parts and zero fluff.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Your character Izzy is a mechanic and also a nail tech.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The combined structure was once a grocery store, printing press and mechanic shop.
    — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Perez’s father works countless hours as a mechanic fixing semitruck diesel engines.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The maps are also designed around Black Ops 7’s new wall jump mechanic.
    — PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The restaurant's servers also partake in its theme and are dressed in mechanic shirts and blue shop towels are used as napkins.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Pair Craftsman’s mechanic tool set with our favorite power tools, and your next project won’t feel quite as daunting.
    — Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
  • Transportation using public roads and highways to and from a mechanic or body shop is allowed.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The top job on the list is car technician and mechanic, with a median hourly wage of almost $24.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • Hayes paired his truck costume with a trucker hat, with his mom and dad posing on either side of him working on his tires in mechanic jumpsuits.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The car then jumped a curb and slammed into two palm trees, knocking them over, outside a mechanic shop near the entrance to a shopping center.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The contract also would include some pilot and mechanic training.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • That’s why Girlie Garage is not a mobile mechanic shop, Handley said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • At one specific intersection, a mechanic closed shop ages ago.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Potholes may go unfilled, Davis said, and drivers may have to make unplanned trips to the mechanic shop to fix their tires as a result.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • His mechanic friend instead shows him a defunct Naboo starfighter that the two of them and the droids repair to be a super fast hot rod.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • On Thanksgiving Day that year, two drivers and a mechanic riding shotgun were killed in a crash.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • Swapped out flowing manes, leather, spandex and snakeskin boots for bangs, mechanic shirts, shorts and Doc Martins.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2020
  • She was never allowed to pet the dogs that lived in the shop garage, but the smell of mechanic perfume and the feel of lava soap is pure childhood nostalgia.
    — Nicole Lazarus, Car and Driver, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The man was working at a mechanic shop in the 4300 block of Eden Road in Kennedale.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Tan was the youngest of two girls, born to a bicycle mechanic dad and mom who were Catholics in the Communist country.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Crowson said the suspect then drove to an area about two and a half miles north of the mechanic shop, where police received a report of another shooting.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Despite an eight-o’clock curfew, the volunteers planned to guard the dealership’s two nearby mechanic shops.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • The addition would give the dealership six more mechanic bays and 15 employees over the course of the abatement.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021

mechanic

2 of 2 noun
  • But my mechanics got out of whack.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • His mechanics were a mess at times.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • That means the mechanics are in place.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • But the mechanics cut both ways.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The core mechanic stays the same.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Plot mechanics in place of depth.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
  • France shows the mechanics at scale.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • There's a mechanics to this thing.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Still, his mechanics have felt off.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Now the cars are left parked overnight, and the mechanics are sent home to rest.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • At this point, that might be less about his swing mechanics and more about his thought process.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Next the team modeled the mechanics on the right side of the heart.
    — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2024
  • That may have more to do with the mechanics being out of whack.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • That gave birth to a story idea built around those mechanics.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • Take your car to a mechanic for an opinion.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At least two mechanics were called to try to stop the blaring sound.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Gloves made from nitrile work best and are the type that many mechanics wear.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That shift changes the mechanics of how careers are built.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The swing, when the mechanics are right, isn’t an issue.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Needs to add strength and refine shot mechanics.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • There’s even some spaceflight mechanics stuff in there.
    — Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • The mechanics stuff happens in the cage.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • My truck has been in and out of the mechanic’s for several months now.
    — Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Reyes said her son planned to enroll in trade school to become a mechanic.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
  • All my mechanics weren’t fully there yet.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • More than likely there is a trip to your mechanic in your future.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The gas station has two full-time mechanics, a father and a son.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In a restaurant, the mechanics of service are built around the room.
    — Lela London, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Aside from the timing belt, it has been maintained by my long-time mechanic.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • But while its mechanics may be grounded, the game’s tone is anything but.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024

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