How to Use nuts and bolts in a Sentence

nuts and bolts

noun
  • Let’s talk nuts and bolts, right?
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So, to the nuts and bolts of this project.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Or to know the nuts and bolts about how this song or that song got in.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
  • In the kitchen, as in life, so much is just about the plain old nuts and bolts.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Prince William is getting to know the nuts and bolts of his new role.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Conley knows how to run a team, from the nuts and bolts to its beating heart.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • All nuts and bolts should be tight and no parts of the swing set should wobble or jiggle.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • As for the nuts and bolts of playing fantasy, not much has changed.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 5 Aug. 2024
  • What exactly does that look like, in the nuts and bolts of gameplay?
    — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 18 June 2018
  • The actual making of art comes once all the nuts and bolts are out of the way.
    — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • These are the film’s best moments — the nuts and bolts of becoming a priest.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This feature is for those who want to be safer online but don't want to mess with the nuts and bolts.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • An actual trade might have a few more bells and whistles, but that’s the nuts and bolts of it.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • For once the story seems less about progress in the nuts and bolts of how the cars weave their way around road hazards.
    — New Atlas, 20 June 2026
  • There are very few people who write who understand the nuts and bolts of movement.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2021
  • There were pieces flying into the ocean, nuts and bolts flying out a little bit.
    — Maggie Astor, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • This freed up more of the budget for creative aspects versus nuts and bolts.
    — Collier Sutter, Architectural Digest, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Part of the problem is that the shortage goes far beyond the nuts and bolts of a machine.
    — Joseph Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The nuts and bolts of weather forecasting Earth is huge.
    — Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
  • While all four founders had stories to share about the nuts and bolts of building businesses.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The nuts and bolts, finishes, and costs are all discussed in detail.
    — Shawn Vacek, Houston Chronicle, 3 June 2018
  • In search of any spare parts, the siblings even found original nuts and bolts in coffee cans.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2017
  • There was too much focus on partying with the cool kids, and too little on the nuts and bolts.
    — Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson, by contrast, focused on the nuts and bolts of coaching.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 July 2022
  • The actual nuts and bolts of it were typical.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Ellerbe and other fans helped screw in a few nuts and bolts into the new Bailey’s first row.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Inside was a clutch of poles, a bunch of nuts and bolts, and many yards of polyester mosquito netting.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 July 2019
  • To be fair, Harmon is confined to the script’s nuts and bolts, with little room to evolve.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Lewis family do not want to get involved in nuts and bolts every day.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Sweat is the younger, highly competent guy who can handle the nuts and bolts of a complex plan.
    — Michael Ordoña, latimes.com, 17 June 2019

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