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Recent Examples of tinny
The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
That tinny little sound twinkling somewhere nearby.
—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
The sound quality of the tinny four-speaker stereo is pretty dreadful though.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
The tinny roar of the crowd and thick cigar smoke siphoned down the brick corridor.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
That tinny little sound twinkling somewhere nearby.
—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
The sound quality of the tinny four-speaker stereo is pretty dreadful though.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
The tinny roar of the crowd and thick cigar smoke siphoned down the brick corridor.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinny
Adjective
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At Paradromics, researchers have developed a chip with thinner wires than the Utah array, something that reduces, but does not eliminate, the damage done to brain tissue.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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This recipe calls for fresh tomatillos, which look like small green tomatoes wrapped in thin papery skin.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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One option is to simply double down on the existing approach and become shriller.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Elizabeth Berkley rose to fame playing the uptight Jessie Spano on Saved by the Bell (1989–1993), then shattered her squeaky clean image with a revealing turn in Paul Verhoeven's notorious Showgirls (1995).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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The addition of bisabolol (from chamomile) and antioxidant vitamin E provides extra comfort and protection, so your skin feels clean, balanced, and refreshed (not squeaky or irritated).—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Suddenly, the quiet is broken by a voice, high-pitched and smiling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Another wrong impression involves Morrison’s voice, which seems excited and high-pitched.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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United let in a whopping 20 more goals than Arsene Wenger’s side in that campaign and kept 10 fewer clean sheets (13 to Arsenal’s 23) but did enough at the other end to win the last English league title of the 1900s by a single point, the first part of a historic treble.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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However, the Bose EQ only has three bands for tweaking bass, mid, and treble frequencies without specifying exactly what those frequencies are.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Spanberger and Sherrill should, and will, face strident calls from their LGBTQ+ constituents to go further in their support for trans people of all ages, and to not let misinformation and propaganda cloud their decisionmaking while in office.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s anti-energy agenda has been forceful, strident and clear from his first days in the governor’s mansion.—
Will Oneill,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Tinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinny. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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