How to Use toggle in a Sentence

toggle

1 of 2 noun
  • Instead of buttons, the jacket has toggles.
  • Snap off the plastic straps and the toggle will be securely locked to the wall.
    Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 23 July 2018
  • Tap Downtime, then slide the toggle next to Scheduled to the right to enable it.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • Go to Settings > Notes, then slide the toggle next to Save to Photos to the left to disable it.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • In the video, flipping the toggle led to TikTok showing the new pop-up about the feature.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Tap the toggle next to iMessage to disable the feature on your iPhone.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 June 2022
  • The shifter is a novel and simple toggle on the gauge cluster.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2021
  • There's just a power key and volume toggle on the right edge, the same as last year's phones.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Place the bolt into the bracket and thread the toggle (the wing piece) onto its end.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • To use, push the button toggle on the shaft to activate the claw gripper.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2022
  • To do so on an iPhone, go to Settings, then Wi-Fi, and tap the toggle button at the top of the screen to turn it off.
    Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Simple to use, just switch the toggle for the gadget to measure each trait.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Select Settings from the top-right corner of the page, then flip the toggle for Show timer to Off.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
  • Make sure any toggles here are off (a gray dot instead of a green check mark).
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • From there, tap the toggle next to Enable chat features to turn RCS off.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 May 2022
  • Down by the river, the toggle between anguish and joy is stark.
    Dallas News, 21 June 2022
  • This chambers the round and cams the toggle joint into the locked position.
    Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Python boots, silver open-shirts, leather chap-like shorts and hats with chin toggles seemed to lead the eye to the U.S. Midwest.
    Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • From there, select Voice Control and turn the toggle on.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 7 Oct. 2021
  • That's it—a weird grab bag of some quick settings toggles and one or two Google apps.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Tap on the Audio Streaming and Recording toggle to turn off the mic.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Start by drilling a pilot hole, then thread the toggle onto the bolt so that the wings open towards the wall (not away from it).
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Tighten the screw to secure the toggle to the drywall and to secure the object to the drywall anchor.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Just a quick toggle permits Amazon to snoop on your phone.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Made in China and sold in sizes 5 to 12, the boots have an elastic lace with a toggle at the top that can be tightened to keep out snow.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The toggle is located in the FaceTime panel in the Settings app.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Simply use the toggle stick at the nape of the machine to adjust the level of pressure, enter a pod, close the lid, and your work is done.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • There’s a knob for adjusting the water pressure and a toggle that redirects the angle of the spray.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Slide the toggle to the left next to each app to remove access to that category.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
  • There’s a toggle on top for switching between color and black-and-white modes.
    Shannon Liao, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2018
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toggle

2 of 2 verb
  • That tiny side switch on the iPhone that toggles silent alert mode?
    WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Then his ability to toggle, back and forth, between the small and the big.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • So, Ross made the buttons easy to see, feel, reach and toggle between.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2023
  • One that also adds new feeds that users can toggle through.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 21 July 2022
  • Ruth Paige, 94, still struggles to work the buttons to toggle airplane mode on her flip phone.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • Airbnb users will still have to toggle on the new pricing display, which is set to arrive next month.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Simply toggle a switch on your phone for a brighter or dimmer blaze.
    Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Users can toggle between three levels of brightness, and the beanie is sized to cover your ears.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The shift throws aren't as toggle-switch short as a Miata's, but the shifter is equally easy and pleasurable to row up and down through the gears.
    Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The best approach, especially for leaders, is to toggle between the two, to both zoom in and to zoom out.
    Rasmus Hougaard, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Users can toggle the size of each window using a remote that comes with the display.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • If the blue slider does not appear for you, tap the gear icon in the top right corner and toggle Download an offline mixtape to the right.
    WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Steve Kerr toggled through dozens of lineup combinations as the team blew scores of leads.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In some cases, the customer may be able to toggle off tracking options.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Then toggle off the Hunches Suggestions, and voilà, hunches take a break.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • To set a price alert, search your origin, destination, and date, then toggle on price alerts for that search.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Navigate to your Settings, scroll down to Bluetooth, and toggle it on.
    Saira Mueller, Wired, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The focus tends to toggle between dark humor and the more frivolous as dictated by the times.
    David Bauder, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Drivers will be able to toggle between the two payment methods.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • Explore them by county, or tap on the decades to toggle by year of disappearance.
    Carlos Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • To turn on, hold down on the power button for three seconds and then click the same button again to toggle between the different modes.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The left side of the tool, for instance, now collapses all of your workspaces into a single tile, eliminating the need to toggle back and forth.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Next to the dot-matrix screen is a button that controls the display, toggling different functions at a press.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Hold the smiley-face power button to toggle between modes.
    Janine Annett, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Subscribers are able to toggle between live TV and on-demand content.
    Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • To access the new feature showing total lodging costs, Airbnb users must toggle a switch on the service’s search tool.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The only useful option in the Settings section is to toggle the function sounds that are on by default.
    PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Open it and select Advanced settings on the left, then toggle the Developer mode slider to the right.
    WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • The one issue with the super old ones is that they can get stuck, which is inconvenient, and toggle switches rarely have that problem.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Under Privacy, go ahead and toggle on Incognito Keyboard to keep them in the dark.
    WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022

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