How to Use gearhead in a Sentence

gearhead

noun

• Dream up the kinds of products that keep gearheads awake at night.
  — John D. Stoll, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
• In all of his books, McCarthy is a gearhead, a man obsessed with hardware and the nuts and bolts of things.
  — Nicholas Mancusi, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• Regardless, a true gearhead will still go for the rear wheel drive.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• Imagine that a gearhead decides to soup-up the engine of the self-driving car.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
• George Lucas grew up a gearhead, a car guy from a car culture.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The price on this DeWalt mechanics tool set may be enough to make a gearhead drool.
  — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2023
• Exhausting: The stereo also has to fight the 124 Abarth’s exhaust note — which sounds quite as if some gearhead left the muffler off the car.
  — Scott Sturgis, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• This imposing tent is a blessing to tall folks and gearheads.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
• With a backstory like that, this box will be treasured in any gearhead’s garage.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
• That’s a melodic note to the ear of a true gearhead who is awed by raw engine power and performance.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 5 July 2021
• Meanwhile the hills are thick with lonely gearheads, good with knots and maps and transceivers, not so good with love-notes and emoting.
  — Sundog, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
• Created by Josh Corbin, the series blurs the line between good and evil as Doris targets a gang of gearheads.
  — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
• For true gearheads, standing on a pedestal in the middle of the gallery is an Offenhauser engine.
  — WSJ, 26 Nov. 2018
• Combs, a native of Kentucky who was 34 at the time, is a gearhead with strong opinions about everything from fishing rods to skis.
  — Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 11 July 2017
• For Davies, making a food truck for a high-profile gearhead like Rawlings might be the most important build of his career.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2021
• The low-slung four-door arrives in two versions—the base model Turbo and specced up Turbo S—with the kind of stats that should make even petrol-chugging gearheads drool.
  — Wired, 4 Sep. 2019
• Secure your keys, knife, multitool, etc in milliseconds, and free a gearhead up just as fast.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
• Orlando is the fifth location for the British biker and gearhead-centric chain.
  — Kyle Arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2017
• One of my favorite parts about working in the Gadget Lab is how gearheads have strong opinions on ... pretty much everything.
  — Adrienne So, Wired, 3 May 2020
• Any gearhead would be elated to adorn their coffee table with this book documenting some of the dreamiest cars.
  — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
• These are guys, typically under 40, who are less gearhead and more TopGear head, Mabrito said.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2018
• Since the original Fast and Furious movie came out in 2001, gearheads across the world have been captivated and inspired by Vin Diesel and his gang and their on-screen, off-the-rails racing.
  — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2020
• Mr. Franklin is a gearhead and a MacGyver with obsessive tendencies.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
• The early films were landmark progress points for special effects, but Cameron was a gearhead who appreciated wear and tear.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• As 2019’s finish line approaches, here is a handful of holiday gift ideas geared toward gearheads of any age.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2019
• Virtually impossible to wear out, your gearhead will be popping tops with ease for years to come.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
• As a gearhead, I was immediately fascinated by what the artists build for driving works of art.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Autobahn offers gearheads in Chicago an escape from the mundane city streets, and the opportunity to push their cars to the limits in a safe and friendly setting.
  — Michael Whiteley, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2017
• Born into a Navy family, Mitchell, 60, said his father was a gearhead who would constantly upgrade his home stereo system.
  — Eric Althoff, latimes.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• Someone had dug a pond, trucked in fifty loads of dirt, and gathered dozens of gearheads, mechanics, safety officials, heavy-equipment operators, and E.M.T.s in the hope of launching people like me just a little bit skyward.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024