How to Use gizmo in a Sentence

gizmo

noun
  • He broke the gizmo he uses to open and close his garage door.
  • Here are some of our favorite gadgets and gizmos for your pooch.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Check out some of the latest tech gizmos that caught our eye this season.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The walls were bright white and covered in high-tech gizmos and gadgets.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2018
  • Users want to be certain that these gizmos can’t be hacked and used for spying.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 July 2017
  • 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
  • Or a gizmo that someone can push and pull to discover the laws of physics?
    — Tom Avril, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • The point of the gizmo isn’t to eliminate the need for the human touch.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • But getting those ports can be tricky and ugly—this little gizmo changes that.
    — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 14 Oct. 2022
  • These bite-size gadgets and gizmos will take your stockings to a whole 'nother level.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Many observers were quickly won over, like wide-eyed kids switching on new gizmos.
    — John Leicester, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • The compact gizmo weighs just over 1 pound but packs plenty of power.
    — Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Novels pile up in a drawer; gizmos in medias res become nests of parts and wires.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But this affordable gizmo could bring the whole world into your living room.
    — Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The Japanese game-maker forges their own path, one quirky gizmo at a time.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The pulse-monitoring gizmo is one of a range of paths back to control that Arndt takes.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Now’s the perfect time to stock your kitchen with gadgets and gizmos designed to make life easier.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That said, there’s a new gizmo that intrigues me, called WinePrO2.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Like any new tech gizmo, this program is a fledgling product with pros and cons and the potential to be much better.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • The gizmo is changing sports — and one reason why the 23-year-old looks so much beyond his years on the gridiron.
    — Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a phone app that accomplishes the same thing, and the key is merely one more electronic gizmo to keep charged.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
  • With all the new gadgets and gizmos, doink cams and slime, Madden’s beloved telestrator has remained a constant.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024

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