How to Use shifter in a Sentence

shifter

noun
  • On the right side are the throttle and the gear shifter.
    Christian De Looper, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
  • This includes the shifter, the bottom of the console, and the knee pads.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 12 May 2022
  • The shifter is a gem that’s light and easy to use and always finds the right gear.
    Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 11 May 2018
  • The clutch and the shifter, so heavy in the city, work seamlessly at speed.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Huber puts his hand on the car's shifter, as if to put it in gear.
    CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • On the road, the Elantra has light controls and a smooth, low-effort shifter.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And Mary doesn’t like the twisting shifter on the column of the steering wheel.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Use a white chalk pencil ($5, Amazon) to trace the shape on the shifter's mesh.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The shape-shifter might have appeared at the Avengers compound.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 3 June 2022
  • Now, keep the bike still and click the shifter to hardest, giving slack in the cables.
    Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The seats were redone in blazing oxblood leather; the shifter got a new, steel knob.
    Hannah Elliott, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • The system is accessed through the same modes as the paddle shifters.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 12 May 2018
  • Paddle shifters are available for the six-speed, as well as the floor shifter.
    cleveland, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The shifter slots precisely and the clutch is light, with a hill-holder.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Two stages of motion for the MEMS mechanism in the phase shifter.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2023
  • No steering feel, third row heavy to stow, even worse shifter.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There's a reason no one commutes to work in a shifter kart, BMW.
    Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The Chevrolet Blazer has been a shape shifter since the nameplate first emerged in 1969.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
  • Everything, from the steering wheel to the gear shifter to the seats, is covered in black leather.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 June 2022
  • The controls, from the shifter to the stereo buttons, move precisely.
    Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This allowed the designers to put the cupholders to the right of the shifter instead of behind it as in the CX-9.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2023
  • That's why there's a real shifter, gauges that look like gauges, and switchgear that's lovely to touch and easy to use.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Inside, the standout feature is the old-school lever gear shifter.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 June 2018
  • A few more seconds will be spent fumbling to find the tiny Park button on the wee shifter lever.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 16 July 2021
  • Prescott, too, hopes Cobb becomes the offense’s shape-shifter.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • The previous Si had a shifter that sprouted out of the dashboard.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Dorsey knew that Landry, one of the fiercest competitors in the NFL, was the perfect first piece, a culture shifter.
    Ben Baskin, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The shifter is a novel and simple toggle on the gauge cluster.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2021
  • In the wild, octopuses are among nature’s best shape shifters.
    Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 July 2024
  • The steering wheel and shifter, meanwhile, are covered in Alcantara.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 June 2024

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