How to Use mechanical in a Sentence

mechanical

adjective

• Copying down the numbers is a boring and mechanical job.
• I was impressed by her mechanical know-how.
• The actor gave a stiff and mechanical performance.
• The flight was delayed because of mechanical problems.
• She gave a mechanical reply.
• Despite these mechanical changes, the car tips the scales at just 2,337 pounds.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2024
• Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Imagine running a 50-foot-long garden hose through the joists of your home from the mechanical room to a second-floor bathroom.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
• Students learn the use of mechanical lifts, drills, ramps and more, to disable or overcome other bots.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 14 July 2023
• Each one had a notable mechanical quibble that had to be worked out with Swytch’s support staff.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
• The pools’ other parts are old, and last year, the facility was closed for more than 100 days due to mechanical issues.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Many factors can lead an airline to swap gate assignments at the last minute, from a change in the aircraft type to mechanical issues on the ground.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
• The construction of the mechanical room would clear the way for the installation of new air-handling system equipment for the north end of the state Capitol.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2023
• Recorded 90 years ago, the composer’s wondrous piece is a jazzy ode to the romance and mechanical might of train travel.
  — John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• The machine-learning era is, in some sense, merely an extension of the mechanical one.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
• The look and the feel of this car are intoxicating enough to balance its few mechanical drawbacks.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
• The self-winding mechanical movement displays the jumping hours, while the fairy’s wand points the wearer to the retrograde minutes.
  — Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
• Guthrie is forced to drop out after 27 laps with mechanical problems.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
• The Osprey has faced persistent questions about a mechanical problem with the clutch that has troubled the program for more than a decade.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
• There aren't any mechanical changes for the LC coupe or convertible models.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
• And that’s not to mention those who are enamored of the mechanical marvels of Indiana Jones or James Bond movies.
  — Jane Margolies, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
• The approved potatoes are then sent through a mechanical cutter, which slices the potatoes into strips.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• But that's not always the case—the things that feel hard might not actually be putting much mechanical load on your muscles to elicit any change.
  — Women's Health, 13 June 2023
• The reality is the refinery is a mechanical object that a lot of folks still don’t want in their backyard.
  — Dieter Holger, WSJ, 19 July 2023
• Oris is one of a small handful of Swiss watch brands that solely makes mechanical watches since being founded in 1904.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• On the way back, however, the dirigible had a mechanical problems and crashed onto the sea ice.
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 24 June 2023
• In the Sport Sedan, the slick five-speed manual is mated to a mechanical center differential with a 50/50 front/rear torque split.
  — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023
• In the first incident, the coast guard was alerted to a boat drifting because of mechanical failure at sea, 46 nautical miles south of the island of Crete.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
• There will also be line dance lessons, a mechanical bull, ax throwing and a food festival with more than 30 food trucks, according to the Country in the Park website.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• That’s not the only detail designed to appeal to devotees of mechanical watchmaking.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024