How to Use grease the wheels in a Sentence

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• But leaders need to know when to push and when to grease the wheels.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• In almost any courthouse, plea deals grease the wheels of justice.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• Stillwell sends Maeve and Homelander for what is meant to be a clutch photo op, a rescue to grease the wheels of the Pentagon contract.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
• To grease the wheels, one of his assistants, a big, burly sort decked out all in black like his boss, worked the room carrying a wad of cash, ready to lend to anyone who might be tapped out.
  — Alex Vasquez, Bloomberg.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• Meanwhile, Bunton sends an anonymous ransom note to the press that helps grease the wheels of the police investigation.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• But the basic norms that are codified in the Senate rule book have existed for a long time as informal social norms that grease the wheels of public discourse.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 20 Oct. 2020
• Consumer experiences will most likely grease the wheels for the inevitable and ubiquitous message landscape that will eventually find its way into schools akin to the early days of the iPhone and tablets.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• The diplomats of the world’s leading superpower have long worked to grease the wheels of international trade and boost the access and competitive muscle of their country’s major companies on the world stage.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• Banks that grease the wheels of international commerce are refusing to finance Russian commodity deals.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
• The authors suggest the negotiators helped grease the wheels for a subsequent larger exchange with a multimillion-euro ransom, which may have only fueled further violence.
  — Seth Stern, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2021
• But many lawmakers and scholars argue that earmarks fulfill a vital function of Congress, and help to grease the wheels of the legislative process by giving individuals members tangible reasons to negotiate spending deals.
  — Stephanie Lai, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024