How to Use dialog box in a Sentence

dialog box

noun
  • Now, just turning off the dialog box won’t block the cookies.
    — Ashley Carman, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Then hit History and Clear browsing data to find the right dialog box.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Pressing the box causes a dialog box to appear asking for permission to install yet more apps.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2019
  • The company says the cookie dialog box blocker will come to the rest of the Opera portfolio soon.
    — Ashley Carman, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Then place the AirTag next to your iPhone or iPad, and a small dialog box will rise up from the bottom of the screen.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 6 May 2021
  • Available daily from 10am-midnight by clicking on the blue dialog box icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • If Nothing want to stick with simplicity for most, then an ‘Advanced’ dialog box would work for me.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • On iOS, press and hold on an app icon until a dialog box appears, then hit Remove App.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The font is now used for buttons all over the OS in notifications and dialog boxes.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Mirroring or extending settings are a bit lower down on the display settings dialog box.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Flutter will change the scrolling behavior, buttons, sliders, dialog boxes, loading spinners, switches, tab bars, and more.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Windows 11 is every bit as slick, aside from the occasional old-school Control Panel dialog box.
    — Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 3 May 2022
  • After using Windows 8 and 10 devices for so long, touching the screen to scroll and tap dialog box buttons has become second nature.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2017
  • On the subsequent dialog box, open the General tab and click Delete under Browsing history.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The clear, blue Export button at the top of the editing screen opens a highly customizable but not intimidating Export dialog box.
    — PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
  • This post was updated to add details in the sixth, seventh, and eighth paragraphs about the effect the new technique has on non-Chrome browsers and the ineffectiveness of the dialog box triggered by Chrome.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Chrome will now automatically exit full-screen mode when dialog boxes for things like authentication prompts, payments, or file pickers pop up, so users will have better context for decisions when filling those prompts out.
    — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2018
  • In accordance with a new Russian law, Apple users will see a dialog box upon initial setup of new devices that features web browsers, antivirus, messenger, email clients, and more to be installed by default.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In each case, the scam encourages users to open a terminal window of some kind—usually the Windows Run dialog box (Windows Key + R)—and then paste a string of text into it.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Dave Plummer, a former developer at Microsoft, recounted the interesting tale of how the Format drive dialog box was created all those years ago in a post on X over the weekend.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly, this design sounds similar to the homepage for ChatGPT, which lists example questions, capabilities, and limitations above a search / dialog box.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2023

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