Examples of tin ear in a Sentence
My wife is a talented musician, but I have a tin ear.
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Simone, with her tin ear for caste, doesn’t understand Gigi’s station.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Beijing’s tin ear results from Chinese officials and diplomats living in their own propaganda bubbles and echo chambers, unattuned to how China is viewed in the region.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
In most public appearances, Sunak comes across as a technocrat; a management consultant with a tin ear, whose jokes, banter and attempts to connect to ordinary voters fall flat.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Since then the Alabama inventors have gone a long way toward making Rin Tin's tin ear a thing of the past.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
There was a time when all-powerful media titans showed a tin ear towards creativity.
—Time, 28 July 2023
Most commentary has focused on the foot faults of former CEO Bob Chapek, who had a tin ear for the concerns of employees, board members, political partners, customers, and just about everyone else.
—Jackson Fordyce, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
Benedict was said to have a tin ear for politics.
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
Like icebergs against climate change, raindrops against asphalt, Rachmaninoff against a tin ear.
—oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Beijing’s tin ear results from Chinese officials and diplomats living in their own propaganda bubbles and echo chambers, unattuned to how China is viewed in the region.
—David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
In most public appearances, Sunak comes across as a technocrat; a management consultant with a tin ear, whose jokes, banter and attempts to connect to ordinary voters fall flat.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Since then the Alabama inventors have gone a long way toward making Rin Tin's tin ear a thing of the past.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
There was a time when all-powerful media titans showed a tin ear towards creativity.
—Time, 28 July 2023
Most commentary has focused on the foot faults of former CEO Bob Chapek, who had a tin ear for the concerns of employees, board members, political partners, customers, and just about everyone else.
—Jackson Fordyce, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
Benedict was said to have a tin ear for politics.
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
Like icebergs against climate change, raindrops against asphalt, Rachmaninoff against a tin ear.
—oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
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“Tin ear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20ear. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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