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Example sentences for: gearing

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

"The Republican attack machine is gearing up," Reich writes, "and I'm one of the targets."
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.”
They did not emphasize the existence of a structured worldwide organization gearing up to train thousands of potential terrorists.
My wife and I are gearing up for our daughter's third birthday party.
Instead of gearing planning and production decisions to forecasts and guesses made months in advance of a selling season, firms now receive periodic ongoing orders based on actual consumer expenditures.