Example Sentences

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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

His voice echoed tinnily from loudspeakers around the ground.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

It comes from open car windows, through the doors of bars late at night, or played tinnily through leaking headphones on buses.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2018

The omnipresence of vibraphones, strings and high winds became tinnily enervating over two hours, and I longed for the throaty bass clarinet that grounds Reich’s classic “Music for 18 Musicians.”

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017

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