How to Use mechanical in a Sentence

mechanical

1 of 2 adjective
  • Copying down the numbers is a boring and mechanical job.
  • I was impressed by her mechanical know-how.
  • The actor gave a stiff and mechanical performance.
  • The flight was delayed because of mechanical problems.
  • She gave a mechanical reply.
  • But most of his work with Mense this spring hasn’t been mechanical.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The big story here, as with all the shop’s builds, is the mechanical changes that have been made to the car.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The most basic mechanical method for getting rid of weeds in grass is pulling them out by hand.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • Walker claims to have found a fix for that mechanical issue.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The shop’s work wasn’t just limited to the mechanical side of things.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The mechanical shark didn’t work.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • This is an electro-mechanical system in the rear transaxle.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are many affordable mechanical keyboards that can do this and hit about the same price point.
    — PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There are many affordable mechanical keyboards that can do this and hit about the same price point.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Kirsh drips with chilly, sneering contempt for the non-mechanical.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Police now say the truck had no mechanical issues.
    — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Vendors will sell arts and crafts and other items, and a mechanical bull will be there to test guests’ mettle.
    — Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Using a mechanical lift, crews safely brought all three riders back to the ground.
    — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The result is the biggest bar of the bunch, part sports bar, part concert hall — with a mechanical bull, of course.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Those who get a mechanical valve need to take blood thinners for the rest of their life, which can require lifestyle changes.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • These old stairwells wind their way around changing floor-plate sizes, setbacks, and mechanical rooms.
    — Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
  • Guthrie is forced to drop out after 27 laps with mechanical problems.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • Tariq and Rod worry about how our mechanical masters might take our place in the cosmos.
    — Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Purchase a mechanical grabber to pass things to the back of your vehicle with ease.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There’s weird mechanical toys going up.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Underneath is a ton of storage space along with some of the mechanical systems.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The mechanical valve would require him to be on blood thinners, which would end his bull riding career.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Line dancing lessons, two mechanical bulls, and live music six nights a week make the place a popular draw.
    — Suzanne S. Brown, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Each one had a notable mechanical quibble that had to be worked out with Swytch’s support staff.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This, Godynuk says, could be down to a mechanical issue.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026

mechanical

2 of 2 noun
  • The rise and fall, ease and pull of the solar, lunar, and stellar mechanicals of the universe.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And the same could be said for the mechanicals, as there’s a lot of familiar hardware under that new sheet metal.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The basement includes an attached two-car garage, storage space, and the home’s mechanicals.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Sheehan said his company inspects everything from the roof to the rafters to the mechanicals.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Maintenance for these household mechanicals is made easier by the access point being in the garage.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The countdown of all the cobbled sectors, the five-star difficulty rating, the dust and the mechanicals.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • These collectors have just as much love for the maze of mechanicals beneath the surface as the trajectories the silver ball follows.
    — Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
  • That spelling error was made by a young designer who prepared the mechanical, the art which includes instructions for the printer.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Upstairs are four more bedrooms and three additional baths, while below, a basement area houses lots of storage and the mechanicals.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
  • Before mechanicals, these original action pieces relied on sand and a wheel to initiate movement.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 13 July 2023
  • With the peloton still searching for race sharpness, this is usually an attritional race, filled with crashes and mechanicals.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • However, this doesn’t mean that mechanicals machines are impossible for beginners—there just may be a few extra steps and a bit more of a learning curve.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The tactical aspects of repo interested him more than the mechanical.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Krutsch said the building's mechanicals and electronics went undamaged in the storm because they are elevated above the floodplain.
    — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In the shop, the Vigilante team begins installing the engine, fuel system, and mechanicals in preparation for the body’s return.
    — Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2024
  • When decisions are outsourced to data models, moral responsibility drifts from the human to the mechanical.
    — Nicole Brachetti Peretti, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Being underwater and exposed to chlorine, salt water and chemicals can take a toll on the mechanicals of a robot and exposure to summer sun has an impact on plastics.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • Could this moment spark the creation of a compulsory AI training license, akin to mechanicals for reproduction rights?
    — Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The space also offers storage and provides access to the HVAC system and other mechanicals.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • On Gecko’s Garage, the titular Gecko repairs fire trucks, a helicopter, and even Santa’s sleigh alongside his three helper robots, called the mechanicals.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Pre-existing conditions Most home warranties will exclude pre-existing problems with covered appliances and mechanicals.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Pre-existing conditions Most home warranties will exclude pre-existing problems with covered appliances and mechanicals.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The goal of Coolnvintage’s founder, Ricardo Pessoa, is to present restomods with flawless paintwork along with tailored upholstery draped over the top of a pristine chassis and perfect mechanicals.
    — Simon De Burton, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
  • An attorney for the county told members of a commission committee last month that Rock Ventures was getting close to completing the center, but still had some interior work and various mechanicals and electricals to do.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The landmark 2018 law created a new blanket license for musical work mechanicals, replacing the previous song-by-song licensing system that proved to be complicated and ineffective for both digital services and the music business.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The law created a new blanket license for musical work mechanicals, replacing the previous piece-meal licensing system that was complicated for both digital services like Spotify and Apple Music and for the music business.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Unlike the Volkswagen floorpan and mechanicals of the Beetle, on which the Type 14 was based, the bodies were a premium effort from coachbuilder Karmann, maker of some Porsche 356 and 911/912 bodies as well.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025

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