How to Use in/into gear in a Sentence

in/into gear

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• Huber puts his hand on the car's shifter, as if to put it in gear.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2023
• Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.
  — Darlene Superville, ajc, 1 Dec. 2022
• Or maybe a roundup of inspiring morning routines to help get yours in gear.
  — Sherry Walling, Fortune Well, 15 Aug. 2023
• As the record began to pick up steam, his label Warner Bros. Records kicked into gear to nurture the song’s growth.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• Basically, this is your sign to get your butt in gear before the planets do it for you!
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• Early debates are held over the summer, but campaigns kick into gear in the fall.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
• But no one can be certain that the IPO market, which is vital to the whole ecosystem, can click back into gear.
  — Damian Garde Reprints, STAT, 3 Jan. 2024
• Drivers are also urged to check to make sure that their cars cannot be shifted into gear without a foot on the brake.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Your heart kicks you into gear during today’s grand earth trine.
  — USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
• The main philosophies at play in backpacking can be boiled down to minimalism: in gear and in action.
  — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
• The company paused work on a foldable iPhone in 2020 but kicked it back into gear more recently.
  — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• On a monthly basis, rents grew in 57% percent of markets as the high season for leasing kicks into gear.
  — USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• But just as preproduction kicked into gear in South Africa, the omicron variant reared up and forced scouting to end.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• Each cell’s circadian clock, a complex of proteins whose levels rise and fall with the sun, clicked into gear.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• Singleton found a hole, then put it in gear at the second level after the defense sold out on a cover zero blitz.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
• Much of the relief on inflation came from supply chains getting back into gear.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• That’s about 15 degrees above average for the date and continues to help kick early spring into gear around here.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• That happened more than once Friday afternoon, when the sun peeked through the gray, the breeze picked up and the familiar U.S. Open really kicked into gear.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• Instinct tells us to stab the brake and clutch pedals, but in the Model T, pushing the clutch to its middle position puts it in neutral, while pinning it to the floor would keep you in gear.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022
• For her part, Lyons has already been spreading the word on social media that the recycling drive is kicking into gear.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• But the scrum Aldama partly incited seemed to kick Golden State into gear.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• In other campaign news… Biden re-elect kicking into gear: After a bit of a slow start, Biden’s re-election is taking shape.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 19 June 2023
• Overall, Stocks climbed Monday as Wall Street’s big rally for the year kicked back into gear following a brief hiccup.
  — al, 8 Aug. 2023
• Drennan refused to exit before putting the car into gear and driving away, leading to a pursuit.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
• Economists caution that such a train wreck is not guaranteed, and the spiral has not kicked into gear anywhere yet.
  — Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2023
• There were a handful of fans wearing Bills jerseys at the stadium, though there were just as many in gear representing the Cowboys, the Seahawks and other teams.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• Love, 25, reportedly spotted a woman struggling to get her car into gear last week and offered to help.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• But once the sun starts sinking, a whitetail’s appetite kicks into gear, and deer will get up and get serious about filling their rumbling bellies.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
• Anyway, wedding season is kicking into gear, and weddings could use a shakeup from hell.
  — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 29 May 2023
• Ponyboi kicks into gear when a client (Stephen Moscatello) dies after smoking a new strain of meth created by Vinny.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024