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 decided that the way to get people excited about electric vehicles is to give consumers the illusion of driving a stick shift, fake vroom sound and all.
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
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
I try to fold over myself, kicking the stick shift and somehow managing both to knee myself in the chin and whack my foot against Dara’s arm.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
