How to Use joystick in a Sentence

joystick

noun
Definition of joysticknext
  • 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
  • Its joystick and buttons can also be utilized for playing plain ol' retro sit-on-the-couch games.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There's the Cyclic Control that resembles a joystick and controls the pitch of the main rotors, allowing the pilot to go forward, back, left, and right.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Flip it over, and the module is actually a handheld gaming controller with left and right banks of buttons and joysticks.
    — Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Jan. 2025

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