How to Use space bar in a Sentence

space bar

noun
  • The space bar is also separated, with the remaining center piece acting as an extra Backspace key.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The on-screen touch keyboard's Gamepad layout gets button accelerators, such as X for backspace and Y for the space bar.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Biometric features include an infrared webcam and a fingerprint reader—which looks like a regular key—next to the space bar.
    — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2025
  • This whole idea, in general, of doing a James Gunn impression, with space bar fights and needle drops during slow-motion circular spinning fight scenes.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The layout is based on the standard QWERTY layout we’re used to, but some of the keys, like the space bar, are altered.
    — PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • By using a series of small internal chambers in the larger keycaps—like the space bar, Shift and Enter keys— those keys now make the same almost inaudible sound as the rest of the Halo65 V2’s keys.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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