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
That beetle was banged up because when John first got his license, he didn’t realize that because it was a stick shift, he needed to put the handbrake on when parking.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Toyota has put a fake stick shift in an electric car.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2023
It’s as if we’ve left our kids a sports car and neglected to teach them how to drive a stick shift.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 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
