How to Use dongle in a Sentence

dongle

noun
Definition of donglenext
  • That is more than any one dongle can give you, for the time being.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2016
  • Not being able to use normal headphones without a dongle.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2016
  • This will require either modifying the dongle or buying or building a frequency converter.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2013
  • The dongle glows blue and emits, in a delicate flourish that resembles the vapour from an e-cigarette, the fragrance from whichever chemical cartridge has been loaded into it.
    — Robert Chalmers, Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2014
  • An adapter to connect the rabbit ears’ U.S. coaxial cable to the dongle’s European socket cost a couple of dollars.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2013
  • 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
  • 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
  • The cable and dongle options offer the best latency thanks to a polling frequency of 1,000Hz.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The projector also has two USB ports, leaving one free after using the other to power the dongle.
    — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024

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