How to Use joystick in a Sentence

joystick

noun

• This game works with either a mouse or joystick.
• Wobble the joystick to the right, and Link swings to the right.
  — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
• There’s a simple four-way joystick on the first tab in the app.
  — Zach Epstein, BGR, 14 Aug. 2021
• The brakes are way too soft; the joystick-like shifter feels plastic and cheap.
  — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• At first, the monkeys learned to control the arm with a joystick.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
• The video feed refreshed, my thumb kept pressing the joystick, but the rover didn’t move.
  — Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2013
• It’s got a little joystick that goes along with the steering wheel.
  — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• But the Retro Gaming Expo isn't just joysticks and bright screens.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Make sure your hands are empty, use the right joystick to look up, and press A when a star is overhead to make a wish.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 3 May 2020
• But all sails are controlled by joystick on the flybridge.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
• So much for college football as a job fit for a joystick.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2017
• The forward and reverse functions were controlled by a joystick, and the 12 deck heights could be changed with a lever.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
• If your child is still intent on trying his luck, tell him to pick up a joystick.
  — Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• For a full cockpit feel, try adding a great joystick or yoke controller.
  — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
• Then the next minute and 45 seconds is driver controlled with a joystick.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2019
• Riders could use a joystick to make the capsules go up or down or roll 360 degrees.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• The controller includes a zoom rocker and a joystick for pan and tilt control.
  — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 6 Sep. 2022
• An airman guides the boom with a joystick and a system of seven cameras.
  — Tony Capaccio, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
• The clean, confusing-looking slab, nearly the length and width of an Xbox One S, has no joysticks.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 May 2018
• But the joystick creates the same experience of giving buyers the chance to roam the rooms.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 May 2018
• This joystick comes bundled as a freebie in the 1942 package.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
• Whatever your needs, there’s a joystick or yoke to suit your needs and budget.
  — Harry Rabinowitz and Matt Ng, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2023
• There's a joystick nearby for thumb control of gimbal pan and tilt.
  — PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2023
• The new Atari 2600+ console and joystick, announced in August.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2023
• Sailors had been using a helicopter style-joystick to spin this new periscope.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2017
• The Lego Atari 2600 comes with a moving joystick and three replica cartridges that fit into the system.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 19 July 2022
• At times, Murray seemed to be controlling the action with a joystick.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2021
• Each ride lasts ten minutes, and during that time riders can use the two joysticks to steer the car forward, backward, left, and right.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 4 Dec. 2019
• The TrackPoint mini joystick between the G and H keys steers the cursor and opens a utility menu with a double tap.
  — Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024
• That’s cheaper than the $99.99 Backbone One and the same price as a pack of replacement Joy-Cons that can potentially still develop joystick drift.
  — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024