MECHANICS in a Sentence

Learn MECHANICS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

165 example sentences for MECHANICS, such as:

1. Vibration displaced part of the mechanism.
2. Production has been hampered by mechanical failure.
3. Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur.
4. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera.
5. These automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism.

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 Meanings and Examples of MECHANICS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mechanics
 n.  branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
Classic Sentence: (130 in 9 pages)
1  As an additional result, hundreds of men are now scattered throughout the South who received their knowledge of mechanics while being taught how to erect these buildings.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X.
2  It was further decided to have the building designed and erected wholly by Negro mechanics.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
3  Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and in the professions.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
4  These people are most excellent mathematicians, and arrived to a great perfection in mechanics, by the countenance and encouragement of the emperor, who is a renowned patron of learning.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
5  "I know nothing whatever about mechanics," he said decisively.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  The South produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors, lawyers and poets, but certainly not engineers or mechanics.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  An admirable and unique weapon," said he, "noiseless and of tremendous power: I knew Von Herder, the blind German mechanic, who constructed it to the order of the late Professor Moriarty.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
8  For half an hour, Holmes worked with concentrated energy, laying down one tool, picking up another, handling each with the strength and delicacy of the trained mechanic.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9  He sat down at an uncovered wooden table opposite two work-girls and a mechanic.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
10  The mechanic and the two work-girls examined him point by point before resuming their conversation in a subdued voice.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
11  But nowadays every one is a mechanic, and wants to open that money chest with an instrument instead of simply.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
12  Mr. Adams was a mechanic, and had learned the trades of shoemaking, harness-making, and tinsmithing during the days of slavery.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
13  He took the two candlesticks mechanically, and with a bewildered air.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
14  He settled his cap more firmly on his brow, sought mechanically to cross and button his blouse, advanced a step and stopped to pick up his cudgel.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
15  He advanced a pace, closed the door mechanically behind him, and remained standing, contemplating what he saw.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  Human physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells.
17  The mainspring in a mechanical watch is the spring that stores energy of winding to operate the watch.
18  Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
19  Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur.
20  Production has been hampered by mechanical failure.
21  She was quite mechanical and unthinking in the way she ironed the shirts.
22  Despite their mechanical complexity and the need for piloting skills akin to riding a unicycle, a helicopter's idiosyncrasies can quickly be forgiven.
23  The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair.
24  The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.
25  She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera.
26  The college has established an effective student support mechanism.
27  Vibration displaced part of the mechanism.
28  A crew of assistants oiled and adjusted the release mechanism until it worked perfectly.
29  It will produce the hard data needed to analyse resource utilisation and will trigger an alarm mechanism allowing managers to control access.
30  These automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism.