gizmo

Example Sentences

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There have been high-intensity sessions on a vertical cardio climber - a full-body workout gizmo which developers say is "one of the most effective and efficient ways of burning fat and calories".

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

De Jaen crouches to fiddle with alligator clips and bits of wire, as well as six 100-watt light bulbs and a purple gizmo that looks like an electric waffle iron designed for children.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

That gizmo, Professor Gingerich said, worked well enough that “I could easily see the rings of Saturn, and so it was probably slightly better than Galileo’s telescope.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Although some aspects of life became as a result of its invention a tad more bearable, from today’s perspective, the most consequential feature of this shirt-pocket-size gizmo was that it performed its work quite invisibly.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

“Okay, so the authorities are being snookered by these hidden messages. But how could they resist the facts? Show them your Receiver gizmo, Mr. Benedict. They’ll have to believe you.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart