Example Sentences

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Ice-cream van: 'The distinctive tinniness of the chime is largely regarded with affection.'

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013

There's a spookiness to the tinniness, although the title's a bit creepy, unless the band include members in their teens, in which case, as you were, lads.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

The execution of the film, too, is a world away from the DayGlo tinniness of most 1980s family films.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010

The lofty rhetoric, repeated from town to town, took on a road-show tinniness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having herself scoured the tin plates, Claire was not repulsed by their naked tinniness; and the coffee in the broken-handled china cup was tolerable.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair