How to Use touch screen in a Sentence

touch screen

noun
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  • Change the stereo to a sound system with a touch screen.
    — cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The gauges are clear and the touch screen responds quickly.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • The feature adds a lot to the price and Webb said touch screens are prone to breaking.
    — Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • You are not allowed to use the touch pad or the touch screen function.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Even the direction of the air vents is controlled from the touch screen.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Mercedes’ system shows the video on the touch screen in the middle of the dashboard.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2020
  • On a touch screen, users can pinch or zoom in and out on an image.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The included stylus works with the touch screen and stows in a slot.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Diego taught Sofia how to flick the touch screen to capture Pokemon.
    — Larissa Hjorth, Quartz, 8 July 2019
  • In the middle of the touch screen is a card icon that indicates where to place the NFC key card.
    — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • Some of the weight, no doubt, comes from the Gorilla Glass layer over the touch screen.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 21 Sep. 2021
  • For most Garmin models, the big reason for the longer battery life is the lack of a touch screen.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Just tell someone that your TV is touch screen and get ready to use the remote.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2021
  • In the case of touch screens, whether the screen is within reach is considered.
    — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Nicholas wandered to a video touch screen, giggled and tapped it.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The touch screen allows you to select the food you’re cooking and walks you through how to do so.
    — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Can the virus last on a bus pole, touch screen or other surface?
    — Heather Murphy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The closet looks like a narrow, sleek wardrobe with a touch screen panel on the front.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Where there were once dashboards, there are now touch screens filled with apps.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This has a 7″ HD touch screen with a tough bumper for protection.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 May 2021
  • Some Playable titles forced the use of the touch screen on their launcher, which was awkward.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The leaderboard, which is based on your output, appears on the right-hand side of your touch screen.
    — Michelle Konstantinovsky, SELF, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Just switch between the two modes by selecting from the LED touch screen.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The touch screen is snappy, and the menu system is easy to navigate.
    — Tom O'Brien, National Geographic, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The mouse, keyboard, and touch screen are certainly present in this show.
    — Ross Rudesch Harley, Quartz, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Learning the controls on a touch screen can be awkward.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 16 Sep. 2020
  • There are touch screens in the center console between the seats, as well as a very long screen across the dashboard.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The seats are cloth or vinyl — no option for leather — and the 8-inch touch screen is small by the standards of new vehicles.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2021
  • There’s also a large 3.5-inch touch screen color display that includes both icons and text.
    — Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The key offenders are the center touch screen, which can sends you into submenus for tasks as simple as opening the glove box.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024

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