How to Use high gear in a Sentence

high gear

noun

• She shifted the car into high gear.
• Trek is in high gear these days, and has been for the last three or four years.
  — Fortune, 23 Nov. 2020
• With the hall dormant, construction went into high gear.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
• The prime minister’s trial on bribery and fraud charges is set to kick into high gear in February.
  — Time, 23 Dec. 2020
• As the wind kicks into high gear, Rabbi struggles to raise his own firearm, only to have a flying plank knock the pistol out of his hand.
  — Nick Schager, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Construction of the system is expected to kick into high gear in 2021.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
• While your creativity is in high gear, don’t overlook an opportunity to express it.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2020
• But that Friday, when the mayor instructed parents to prepare for schools to close on Monday, the group shifted into high gear.
  — Erin Delmore, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2020
• Connecticut’s restaurants and banquet venues normally kick into high gear around this time of year, decking the halls and preparing to welcome crowds for holiday dinners and parties.
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Cyber Monday is upon us, unofficially kicking gift-buying season into high gear.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 30 Nov. 2020
• With fewer than 33 days until the election, Swifties 4 Kamala—like the Harris campaign itself—is kicking into high gear.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
• The part of me that is the very most mature part of me goes into high gear.
  — al, 22 Oct. 2022
• The couple bought the mega house for cash in June of 2023 when their love was still in high gear.
  — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
• That’s when the host Lions put it in high gear and reeled off eight straight goals.
  — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
• Both were in high gear Thursday with the death of Queen Elizabeth at the age of 96.
  — David Zurawik, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
• Fun kicks into high gear, but so does dirt, mildew, and mold.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
• In Rome, the cull that began in late June is soon set to shift into high gear.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
• What gets you into high gear, ready to charge ahead, and what deflates you?
  — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Some slow-starting squads will shake off the rust and soon kick it into high gear.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
• As a shattered music scene picks up the pieces, Kiss the Tiger kicks into high gear.
  — Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
• Even though the new year has just kicked off, style stars were kicking things into high gear.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Jan. 2024
• The Texans helped put the Chubb/Hunt 1,000-yard talk into high gear last season.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2021
• But the past month has really kicked it into high gear.
  — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• And the trend kicked into high gear last year, as the devices began their mainstream push in earnest.
  — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
• Walmart is set to serve summer deals as the heat kicks into high gear.
  — James Powel, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2024
• The retail sector was in flux, and the pandemic kicked the changes into high gear.
  — Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021
• The news that Diana had been killed sent news outlets into high gear.
  — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
• The push to return to normal has found the spark companies need to kick it into high gear.
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
• This focus shifts into high gear in the latter half of the year as the holidays take center stage.
  — Monica Gomez, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Now, that won’t happen again, and something must have clicked to kick production into high gear.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024