How to Use gizmo in a Sentence

gizmo

noun
  • He broke the gizmo he uses to open and close his garage door.
  • Gibson explained that the panels had to be quickly lifted on and off so the crew could access gizmos hidden on the truck, including generators and hydraulic power packs.
    Gabe Cohn, New York Times, 31 May 2024
  • On the first floor was a guy who’d sell me gizmos for my PC.
    Jon Ronson, GQ, 22 June 2017
  • The point of the gizmo isn’t to eliminate the need for the human touch.
    David Segal, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Gizmo is about four feet tall, has an iPad for a head, a pole for a body and wheels for feet.
    Anne Ryman, azcentral, 19 June 2017
  • The walls were bright white and covered in high-tech gizmos and gadgets.
    Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2018
  • That said, there’s a new gizmo that intrigues me, called WinePrO2.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The bricklike gizmo cost $3,995, weighed more than a pound and a half, and drained its battery in an hour.
    Harry McCracken, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2010
  • As with any gizmo, keep in mind that these things are not foolproof.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 19 June 2020
  • Or a gizmo that someone can push and pull to discover the laws of physics?
    Tom Avril, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • Enlarge / The gadgets and gizmos that let the BMW drive itself.
    Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
  • Here are some of our favorite gadgets and gizmos for your pooch.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Now think of how users learn how to operate those gizmos.
    Mary Ellen Slayter, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2017
  • If the handle on that gizmo is too short for your needs, tape the sponge handle to a wooden kitchen spoon with some duct tape.
    Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • For those who drink a bottle of wine over the course of days (but not weeks), this inexpensive gizmo is the way to go.
    Tina Danze, Dallas News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • That one got tricky: Stewie had already destroyed the gizmo and couldn’t rebuild it.
    Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2015
  • The pulse-monitoring gizmo is one of a range of paths back to control that Arndt takes.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And with all the gadgets and gizmos that might arrive in your household this winter, now's the time to soup up your Wi-Fi.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The compact gizmo weighs just over 1 pound but packs plenty of power.
    Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Room by room, Jetsons-esque gizmos and gadgets are taking over the home, each one smarter than the next.
    Laurel Benedum, ELLE Decor, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Gizmo, like most dogs, is obsessed with toys that squeak and doesn’t have much interest in toys that don’t make noise.
    Courtney Ortega, star-telegram.com, 9 June 2017
  • Not with another cookie (though that works, too), but with the tools and gizmos that help take our baking to the next level.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 21 May 2020
  • But getting those ports can be tricky and ugly—this little gizmo changes that.
    Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 14 Oct. 2022
  • His weapon of choice: a $2,320 gizmo that shoots carbon monoxide into nests.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2023
  • After all, the Men in Black franchise is about aliens, gizmos that go pew-pew-pew, mind-wiping gadgets, and saving the world.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 June 2019
  • But there are plenty of gizmos designed to help parents.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 17 June 2017
  • Balls and strikes are determined by gizmos and relayed to the earpiece of the home plate umpire, who then announces the outcome.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • But once the honeymoon phase is over, that gizmo is likely thrown in a drawer or box and never used again.
    Kimberly Garrison, Philly.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos?
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2022
  • In a way, devoting such a titanic structure to the display of delightful gizmos fulfilled this vision.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024

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