Low Gear

Add to the now 24-7 political/media circus an economy that is sputtering in low-gear, plus 9.2% unemployment and you see why the American electorate seems to be teetering between stark-raving mad and disillusioned. ❋ Rob Diamond (2010)

At Wembley, still seeking low-gear fitness, at times he brought to mind not so much a young Alan Shearer as the old Alan Shearer, a single pummelling shooting boot, to be unpackaged and wheeled about the park like a rust-bound first world war field gun. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Emmy-winning Taxi vet has mostly been stuck in low-gear shows like Numb3rs in recent years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I had almost been killed many times before today because I had underestimated the low-gear lethality of those things. ❋ J.L. Bourne (2010)

An empty Infiniti rolls in low-gear toward a river, where "it slid into the gray dawn water like a bear into a trout stream." ❋ Unknown (2008)

It was slow-speed, low-gear work tearing through the jungle. ❋ Harry Harrison (N/A)

Bert started up the engine and I was just engaging the low-gear clutch, when Morty gave me such a look that I stopped dead. ❋ Lloyd Osbourne (1907)

*Out: Tora Woloshin, the spunky car mechanic who gave a low-gear performance of "Satisfaction" in her last chance audition. ❋ Lisa De Moraes (2011)

The steering, low-gear power and general zip are more like its stable cousin, the Golf GTi. ❋ Andrew Anthony (2010)

People across West Michigan are still in low-gear trying to pull out of the mess Tuesday, but for every step forward, it seems like there are two steps back. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That means no low-gear for going uphill - it's all direct drive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now listening for Garrett’s footsteps over the low-gear sound of the grinding wheel nearby. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2001)