How to Use lever in a Sentence

lever

noun

• They used their money as a lever to gain political power.
• Then place the opener over the cork with the handle up, and push the lever down.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
• And the sliding lock lever along the back end of the neck is quite secure.
  — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
• The system is engaged with a lever on the floor, as in the Cherokee.
  — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
• The flow control lever is easy to reach from the tractor’s seat.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2023
• But the Warriors don’t have many levers to pull at this point.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• Once the coals are ready for the grill, simply lift the chimney and squeeze the lever to open the trap door and dump out the coals.
  — Melissa Mayer, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• First, a small lever with a suction cup at the end of it picks up the paper bowl.
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• The best part is that it can all be done with the click of a button—no finicky dials or levers.
  — Jenna Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2023
• Push forward on a lever to adjust the throttle and steer with a small wheel at the helm.
  — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• Keep the load out as far as possible to keep the lever long to challenge your abs.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• But the two levers (which adjust seat height and backrest recline) are easy to use.
  — Jenni Gritters, wsj.com, 20 Sep. 2023
• Cord obviously had to learn where the levers are and the buttons are that make a film set work.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The car is started by simply pulling a lever alongside the driver’s seat.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
• There is a stitch dial, reverse lever, a hand wheel, and a foot control.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
• Use the foot lever to push the claws into the ground before pulling it up with the weed securely attached.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• The pop-out roof panel is now attached with three hand levers rather than four bolts and a ratchet wrench.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• Your lower back will work as a lever throughout the stiff leg deadlift as push your glutes back.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
• That depends on whether its economies deploy some of the levers at their disposal to adapt.
  — Mark John, Anne Kauranen, and Gergely Szakacs, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
• There are no extra shift levers jutting out of the tunnel, no front hubs to lock, just a small switch inside the glove box.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2023
• This isn’t the first time China has used exports of rare earth metals as a control lever.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023
• In order to steer the mower, the levers need to be turned in or pushed in opposite directions.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
• Fore and aft adjustments are made by way of a lever at the front of the seats, but height adjustments require a tool kit.
  — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2023
• The gear lever has been moved rearwards, closer to the driver, and is now a shaft of carbon fiber rather than a spindly metal wand.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
• Cyclists who don’t mind getting their hands dirty carry a spare tube, a pump, tire levers and a multi-tool to fix the flat on the spot.
  — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Benepe would grasp the fake switch’s bright-red lever and pull it up, as Marsden and a colleague rushed to push buttons on their laptops.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Most of all, O’Leary rightly worries that the top airline brass don’t have their hands on the levers and valves that power the factory floor.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
• Then install the new flapper by attaching it to the two plastic studs and connecting the chain to the flush handle lever.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• Unlock the depth control lever and adjust the saw’s shoe to expose no more than enough blade to safely make a crosscut.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Sofort 2 is a stylish instant film camera, too, with a lever that even prints Instax Mini film.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024