Example Sentences

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He may not be able to eat tin-cans, but he tries to.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

Troops of merry-makers followed them, blowing horns, dragging bells, tin-cans, anything that would make a noise and express high spirits.

From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Dawson, Coningsby

Somehow it seemed years ago that she had walked around the hole in the ingrain carpet in the bare room which looked out upon the heap of tin-cans and corrals of the Terriberry House.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline

"I s'pose you been practicin' up on tin-cans?" suggested the deputy, leaning on the counter.

From The Seventh Man by Brand, Max

Its "innards" sadly demoralized, but capable of resuscitation, the weights being tin-cans filled with sand and attached by strong twine to the "works."

From Adopting an Abandoned Farm by Sanborn, Kate