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:

(You can just throw them in the washing machine, if the kids' sandy clothes haven't stripped the gears yet.)
Uncowed by the posturing and brinkmanship attributed to both sides, Albright quickly switched gears, from passive envoy to diplomacy maven.
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.
("The predictable lesson--justice isn't cut and dry--clogs the film's gears," says the Washington Post 's Eric Brace.)
You will rarely get out of the lower gears, but the wonderful panoramas are ample reward.