Words similar to gears

Example sentences for: gears

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

Zelon faced one of the greatest challenges of her legal career, she said, when her appointment to the bench forced her to switch gears from civil litigation to criminal law.
Uncowed by the posturing and brinkmanship attributed to both sides, Albright quickly switched gears, from passive envoy to diplomacy maven.
You will rarely get out of the lower gears, but the wonderful panoramas are ample reward.
"The winning contestant will, after being crowned, open up her head and show us all the little gears and circuits inside."
("The predictable lesson--justice isn't cut and dry--clogs the film's gears," says the Washington Post 's Eric Brace.)