stick shift

Example Sentences

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Though I’ve barely touched a stick shift in the last 40 years, as with riding a bicycle, you never fully lose the muscle memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Toyota has put a fake stick shift in an electric car.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2023

Bassett’s character gives him historical context and teaches him skills, like how to drive a stick shift.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Michael added, “We make fun of him because we can all drive stick shift, we can change oil, but he never really got into it.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

Billy was sitting in the driver’s seat, making engine noises in his throat and pretending to work a phantom stick shift.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls