How to Use mechanical in a Sentence

mechanical

adjective
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  • 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
  • And the strangest one of all, a twisting in her right foot — where the lightning entered her body — like a mechanical gear constantly spinning inside her ankle.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • The result is a sort of Mulder-and-Scully mystery plot, as the two Mandalorians journey from seedy droid bars to mechanical morgues.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023

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