Words similar to gearing

Example sentences for: gearing

How can you use “gearing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Critics, many of whom admitted they had been gearing up for "10 things I hate about this movie" reviews, are charmed, if not in love with this week's Shakespeare offering.
They did not emphasize the existence of a structured worldwide organization gearing up to train thousands of potential terrorists.
The first stop is Usenet, where dozens of political newsgroups are gearing up for Iowa and New Hampshire.
The GOP was gearing up to criticize Clinton for coddling dictators, but the Kosovo bombing short-circuited this argument.
Some of the more modern Adlestrop designs have a special `quick release' feature which enables the case to fly open at this point and fling your underclothes into the conveyor belt's gearing mechanism.”