Example Sentences

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The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Encord’s Hansen said that there are warehouses planned in Eastern Europe where large teams of operators will sit with joysticks, guiding robots across the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

The two joysticks accommodate righties or lefties, but you only use one to fly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The app also allows players to customize the lighting of the backlit joysticks with either a single color, multiple colors, prism colors or action, where the color changes based on the button input.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023

It was crammed with switches, buttons, keyboards, joysticks, and display screens.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline