tinny
adjective
of or like tin.
tinnily
-
a word derived from
tinny.
Example Sentences
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Next to an upside-down garbage can improbably sprouting legs and a head and tinnily broadcasting “God Bless America” is a figure group modeled on the famous image of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
It no longer rang with song, or, if it did, the songs were all patriotic, stirring anthems that rang tinnily from the speakers on all the lampposts.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
The sun would come out only to glare tinnily down on an anonymous central square crossed by old people whose hunched shoulders announced the difficulty of their lives.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
His voice echoed tinnily from loudspeakers around the ground.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2018
She asked if he was breathing, and I asked Mom, and she said no, and the whole time this totally incongruous soul song was crooning tinnily through his earbuds.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
