as in thin
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Recent Examples of tinny
The tinny Renault Alliance econobox and the derivative GTA hotbox, though built in America, did not rank as assets of note.
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
The very frailness of the instrument—the way the Moog can sound, to modern ears, occasionally tinny or pitiful—has the effect of enhancing the poignancy of its performance of sacred music, as if making literal, in the contrast itself, our weakness in relation to God.
—Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
The tinny circus music of the ice-cream truck.
—Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
It’s like damning your saxophone because your piano sounds a bit tinny.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2011
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
The very frailness of the instrument—the way the Moog can sound, to modern ears, occasionally tinny or pitiful—has the effect of enhancing the poignancy of its performance of sacred music, as if making literal, in the contrast itself, our weakness in relation to God.
—Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
The tinny circus music of the ice-cream truck.
—Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
It’s like damning your saxophone because your piano sounds a bit tinny.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinny
Adjective
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Crowds are also thin in the fall, and the mountain foliage views are breathtaking.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Chinese smartphone company Honor has released devices that fold up to be nearly as thin as an iPhone.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then there are the vitriolic anonymous posts that take on the shrill tone and tenor of a schoolyard back and forth.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2025
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Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
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These frogs live along fast-flowing streams in mountainous areas of Madagascar, and with such loud background noise, their calls may be especially high-pitched to be heard by other frogs over the sound of the water, according to Scherz.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Rivers of deep, deep bass flowed under tingling treble waves.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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These fish also love weedy areas, which can be a challenge to fish with a plug that has two or three treble hooks hanging off the belly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
5 Feb. 2025
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The giveaway begins with conservative Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto, so great in Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile but strident here, away from Bellocchio’s complex virtuoso ambivalence).—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics.—
ROBERT E. KELLY,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Tinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinny. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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