tinny

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Recent Examples of tinny The sound quality of the tinny four-speaker stereo is pretty dreadful though. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023 The tinny Renault Alliance econobox and the derivative GTA hotbox, though built in America, did not rank as assets of note. 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 See All Example Sentences for tinny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinny
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
  • Many houses, townhomes and apartment buildings in both the city and suburbs have only a few square feet of front yard, or are surrounded by a thin fringe of plantable area.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.
    Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • Another wrong impression involves Morrison’s voice, which seems excited and high-pitched.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
  • The Nashville singer-songwriter waited a full day with the high-pitched, pulsing sound before calling her doctor to check her ears.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The new speakers have a three-band bass and treble adjustment system with dual-frequency bass extension for precise adjustments to suit any listening environment or user’s tastes.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Intriguingly, treble winner Thiago Motta was overlooked for another member of that legendary 2010 team.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
  • As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025

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“Tinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinny. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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