How to Use desktop in a Sentence

desktop

1 of 2 noun

• The desktop was covered with books and stacks of papers.
• He created a new folder on his desktop.
• Your first step is to get to the desktop.
  — Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
• Here's a great midrange desktop at a 12% price cut.
  — PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
• Ease of use on desktop, as well as mobile app features.
  — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 3 June 2026
• To do this, create a new folder on your desktop.
  — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• What are the best laptops to replace your desktop to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
• Tap the About tab (on desktop) or the three-dot menu (on mobile).
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
• Which laptop to replace your desktop is best?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
• This feature is now available across desktop, too.
  — ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
• Hint will launch on desktop and iOS this summer.
  — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 May 2026
• In other words, desktop Chrome.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
• This will request the desktop version of the site for this session.
  — Justin Pot, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• Use the time to clear off your nightstand, desktop, kitchen island, the ‘clothes chair’, or the couch.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
• Delete unneeded downloads from your desktop or file them away.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
• Looking for a new desktop PC at a deep discount?
  — George Yang, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
• This can make your phone feel more like a desktop on a TV or monitor.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
• First, there is currently no desktop version, a must for those who want to scroll at work or get off their phones.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• The WhatsApp desktop app lives on, so this may be due to low usage.
  — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
• The song was previewed this week in a desktop platform game called Kaxtyn.
  — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2023
• On a large desktop monitor, a careful reader might spot the flaw.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
• The effect works on desktop and mobile searches.
  — James Powel, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
• The plan is to make the desktop app available to all users in early 2024.
  — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
• The comments sidebar will open on the right-hand side of your page on desktop, or as an overlay on mobile.
  — The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
• The software works across desktop and mobile, with progress synced between devices.
  — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
• The iOS Phone app arrives on the Mac desktop.
  — Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• The changes are available globally on mobile web and desktop.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2023
• Over the past decade of computing, the desktop has receded.
  — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
• Nor does the app have a desktop client yet, which is the one thing that would probably quintuple my time spent on the site.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Intel needs a big swing—and a long ball—to reassert itself in the desktop processor world.
  — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026

desktop

2 of 2 adjective

• She is working on a desktop video project.
• The checkmark remained on the desktop version of the site, but not on the app.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2022
• That seems like a smarter way to connect mobile and desktop devices.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2019
• There are plans for a desktop version that would cost closer to two or three thousand.
  — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• Scale and get a printer-friendly, desktop version of the recipe here.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
• Desktop ad units, which currently sit at the top of the page, will soon appear in-line with feed.
  — Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 22 June 2017
• Need a little more desktop real estate, or just tired of hunching over a small screen all day?
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
• Apps are available for all major mobile and desktop platforms.
  — Don Edrington Computer Tutor, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 July 2017
• Nothing can make or break a desktop PC setup like the wrong keyboard.
  — Jess Grey, Wired, 22 June 2021
• Khan said the deals happened as people were moving from desktop computers to phones.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
• Write your number one goal on your bathroom mirror, make a desktop background of your roadmap to success.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Initially, the ads will run only on mobile, not desktop devices.
  — Barb Darrow, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2017
• For anyone rocking a desktop PC, a new graphics card could be in order.
  — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 2 Nov. 2018
• The first is a desktop smart display resembling a compact home assistant screen.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
• New users won't feel cramped, especially if they're used to using desktop PCs.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• Online tax software is cloud-based and often much faster than desktop versions that are installed on your computer.
  — NBC News, 23 Mar. 2020
• Amazon workers can still log in to the desktop version of TikTok for now, the email noted.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 10 July 2020
• Long a popular feature on desktop devices, the ability to jack up the speed of videos is coming to the mobile app.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2017
• There will also be a desktop version of the service available with an even richer set of features for users and their doctors to explore.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2020
• Saving a pin on the desktop version of Google Maps After dropping the pin, click Save on the side menu.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 11 Sep. 2022
• This app brings desktop-grade editing tools to your pocket with an intuitive, touch-friendly interface designed for mobile.
  — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• Just over 60 percent of those were desktop, 32 percent mobile and just under seven percent tablet users.
  — cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
• Webb went on to make many more animalistic designs, including a coral monkey brooch with gems for eyes and a desktop object in the form of a gold leopard.
  — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
• But the Apple desktop-mobile connection continues to be tighter and slicker.
  — PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
• The Android version of Tumblr and the desktop version of the app appear to be unaffected by the change.
  — Aj Dellinger, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• For more desktop computer deals, visit the TechBargains site.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2017
• The desktop version of Edge doesn’t include the password-generating feature yet.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 16 Dec. 2020
• Drag and drop between apps – Apple is bringing some desktop functionality to the iPhone.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 20 Oct. 2021
• Spotify, Telegram and WeChat, for example, open in a desktop format on the wider screen.
  — Ben Sin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• Buyers might be buying fewer desktops, as evidenced by the fact that desktop PC sales grew just 3 percent.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 24 Jan. 2019