How to Use joystick in a Sentence

joystick

noun
  • This game works with either a mouse or joystick.
  • 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
  • The joystick is at the right side of the rear plate, just beneath the thumb rest.
    — PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Wobble the joystick to the right, and Link swings to the right.
    — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • At first, the monkeys learned to control the arm with a joystick.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
  • For a full cockpit feel, try adding a great joystick or yoke controller.
    — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
  • If your child is still intent on trying his luck, tell him to pick up a joystick.
    — Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The video feed refreshed, my thumb kept pressing the joystick, but the rover didn’t move.
    — Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2013
  • Attached to the robot are a pair of joysticks that control each arm.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • There's a joystick nearby for thumb control of gimbal pan and tilt.
    — PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • These are shaped like a standard joystick and are tailored to the user’s hand.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sailors had been using a helicopter style-joystick to spin this new periscope.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2017
  • An airman guides the boom with a joystick and a system of seven cameras.
    — Tony Capaccio, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • The controller includes a zoom rocker and a joystick for pan and tilt control.
    — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 6 Sep. 2022
  • These help slow down the wear and tear that degrades most traditional joysticks over time.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The joysticks and controller covers come in light blue and red variations.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Then the next minute and 45 seconds is driver controlled with a joystick.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2019
  • 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
  • The task was to repeat that sequence after a short delay using a joystick.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Riders could use a joystick to make the capsules go up or down or roll 360 degrees.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
  • Second to the joystick, there are few inventions more vital to the world of gaming than the mouse.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 July 2025
  • Sometimes an analyst’s downgrade will wreck an uptrend and hand the joystick over to the bears.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These include a joystick for steering and braking, and a paddle for shifting gears.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
  • But the face buttons and joystick are still a bit too cramped and oddly placed to make this a preferred way to play for long stretches.
    — ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
  • But the Retro Gaming Expo isn't just joysticks and bright screens.
    — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • At times, Murray seemed to be controlling the action with a joystick.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Its work space is bland, harshly lit, and strewn with plywood and circuit boards and sensors and joysticks and cameras.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018

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