Sentence examples for twist knob from inspiring English sources

Some kids were given the single-function toy to play with and later shown only about the purple twist knob; other kids were given the multi-functional toy and, as before, also shown only the purple twist knob.

After each group was allowed to play with its own toys, a "teacher" puppet demonstrated only one function to a naive puppet named Elmo: the purple twist knob.

He had to twist knobs on the steel pens to widen his lines, tasks that now require just mouse clicks.

Maybe I don't speak for  everyone on this, but if I really wanted to sit and watch nerds twist knobs for hours at a time I probably would have braved the stink and actually gone.

Others, however, felt that twisting knobs to create unusual sounds was tantamount to musical cheating.

As he sang — a series of loud "ah"s — he distorted the sound of his voice by twisting knobs on the machines in front of him.

DJ "Davinciii" pretends to look busy twisting knobs behind the decks as he secretly fries an egg, sketches a portrait, plays a game and rakes a sandbox.

As he played, Ellison bobbed furiously, with an enormous smile on his face, twisting knobs but looking as if he wanted to dance as much as physically possible without abandoning his equipment.

Luening carefully explained how he was setting up what we were going to hear, twisting knobs and throwing switches as he talked, and finally, after all was ready, he said "And now......

Surrounded by pillars of flashing neon lights, the D.J.-producer pair of James Ford and James Shaw bopped around, twisting knobs on their synthesizers, stacked in the center of the stage so they could have easy access to the whole setup.

Cage and Coker led a group of performers who twisted knobs and manipulated machines to amplify live transmissions from phone lines, transistor radios – still a relatively new technology – and such unlikely sources as a coffee grinder and Terry Riley's turtle tank.