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For just a little while, let yourself get lost in the off-kilter world and fun details of the artworks, from the cat-eye glasses made out of forks on the waitress to the mermaid’s tail, made entirely from tin can tops.—Alissa Greenberg, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 The baking tin can turn a wide variety of foods into charming and practical edible cups.—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 But Cordell made by far the worst-sounding Ramones album, with the band pounding away in what sounds like a large tin can.—Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026 The original Boomslang was packaged in a tin can with foam inside to protect the mouse; nice enough.—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tin can