How to Use stick shift in a Sentence

stick shift

noun

• Do you know how to drive a stick shift?
• The stick shift has become a proxy object for that loss.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022
• If your 4Runner has a stick shift, there's a $40 switch that controls the backup lights.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• Driving for the first time in twenty years—stick shift!
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
• And then the next second, Richard was leaning over the stick shift and kissing her.
  — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2020
• The Graziano gearbox is sort of in-between stick shift and a double clutch.
  — Mike Jordan, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
• Tokyo Drift and Martin somehow can’t drive a car that’s not a stick shift?
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2021
• If the stick shift can't survive in the Corvette, its days are truly numbered.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
• Buck Woodruff taught his son Harrison how to drive a stick shift in this Jeep.
  — A.j. Baime, WSJ, 5 June 2021
• Jay Allen learned how to drive a stick shift at 9 years old and kissed just about every girl in his class by the fifth grade.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• Indeed, the old-school stick shift that defined the early years of modern cars is gone with the C8 'Vette.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
• The six-cylinder engine is powerful and the truck has a three-speed stick shift.
  — WSJ, 26 Nov. 2022
• By contrast, Porsche—for the time being, at least—still offers a stick shift in the Cayman GT4.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021
• It’s not my job to teach Zane or Aidan how to grill a frankfurter or how to operate a stick shift.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2020
• This is like driving a stick shift without lessons in a car without fuel.
  — Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• This rare longroof Bimmer features a high-revving 3.8-liter inline-six and a stick shift.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2021
• Muscle car purists often insist on having a stick shift, but in the Camaro’s case, there’s a strong case for the auto.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2018
• Eventually, his father would teach him how to drive a stick shift.
  — Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2023
• Nolker loved to take road trips in an old gray Chrysler stick shift but never drove on the interstate highways.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2020
• In one episode, the duo get into a car to drive around their old hometown of Little Rock, and Hillary mistakes a microphone for a stick shift.
  — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• Two weeks ago, the automaker finally confirmed that the Supra would be available with a stick shift again.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2022
• Over the last year, three different companies have shown their willingness to put a stick shift in an EV.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2022
• Make no mistake, the stick shift sedan really is becoming a rare thing.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 June 2018
• But 90 percent of worthwhile cars come with a stick shift (okay, that's an unofficial stat).
  — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
• That means the chance to get an Emira with a manual gearbox will be a limited one, as the stick shift will only be offered with the V-6.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 July 2021
• Of course there's no shortage of how-to-do-everything – from painting like Bob Ross to driving a stick shift – by watching YouTube videos.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
• Dreyer also gave Hall her first car, which had a manual transmission, and taught her how to drive with a stick shift.
  — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2022
• These traditional cars distilled driving to the basics, with a stick shift, rear-wheel drive and just enough power to have fun.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• The pair are more inept than adept, fumbling a stick shift and uncomfortably disposing of a flash drive.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• Despite this, Toyota decided to introduce a stick shift as an option for the 2023 Supra—a move that now looks like a stroke of genius.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024