How to Use dongle in a Sentence

dongle

noun

• The dongle can be stored in a door at the back of the stick, which is a helpful touch.
  — Sam Byford, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2021
• That is more than any one dongle can give you, for the time being.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2016
• The dongle did get stuck in the USB port in my computer and took me a while to get it out.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
• The dongle features the same cutout as the mouse, to comfortably fit the USB-C end of the cable.
  — PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2024
• The dongle is super tiny and won't take up a port-and-a-half like others.
  — Jess Grey, Wired, 22 June 2021
• Things like a set-top box or streaming dongle are plug-and-play.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 25 Dec. 2020
• The dongle relays the audio back and forth between the host computer and the S500.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
• The other problem with the current dongle is the lack of AV1 support.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2022
• Google has pushed out a brand new streaming dongle—the Chromecast with Google TV.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2020
• It’s got decent battery life, rich sound, and a handy—if easy-to-lose—dongle.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2023
• On the same day, Sony shipped a PlayStation Camera dongle (pictured above) to me as a member of the press.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2020
• And yes, these models include dongles and earbuds in the box.
  — CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2019
• The earbuds also, of course, come with a charging case, which has space for the earbuds themselves and the dongle.
  — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 7 Dec. 2022
• For those that use the dongle or wired connection instead, this won’t be a huge deal.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 26 Oct. 2021
• Plug a wireless dongle into your PC for up to 8 hours of action.
  — PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2023
• Prefer to just plug a dongle into the HDMI port and forget about it?
  — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 14 Oct. 2020
• But Intel MacBooks have the same dongle problem, and not all of them are great for gaming.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Mar. 2021
• Notice the awkward dongle that plugs into the bottom of the device?
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
• Shull hopes to double his customer base to 50 million households by next year through sales of the dongle.
  — Shannon Liao, CNN, 19 Sep. 2019
• The second challenge was getting a Wi-Fi dongle set up.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2023
• The iPhone is attached to a dongle, that's attached to the adapter, that's attached to a cable, that's attached to the glasses attached to the user's face.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2022
• The new Chromecast with Google TV keeps the dongle-like design and finally has a remote.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 1 Oct. 2020
• Don't let the new ports scare you, as there's a slew of adapters and dongles available to support other accessories.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 11 July 2019
• When not in use, the dongle sits in its holding place whenever it’s needed.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• As such, your needs will have to be very particular for this dongle to be worth getting.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 26 June 2018
• The small dongle plugs into your computer for easy use.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
• Samsung is expected to include the new dongle in the box with the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus, which will likely soften the blow.
  — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019
• The wireless dongle then plugs into the extender, as well.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022
• The device adds several amenities that weren't available in the dongles, like an Ethernet port.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
• Also on the underside, a removable metal plate, about the size of a business card and held on by magnets, covers both a niche for the 2.4GHz wireless dongle and the paddle switch.
  — PCMAG, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024