tin can

Example Sentences

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Residents have responded in kind, posting a picture of a tin can phone to signal their slide back to the pre-digital age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

All of which makes the decision to play in the round, packed like sardines in a crushed tin can, all the more significant.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

On a crisp Saturday morning that screamed for adventure, a former tin can factory in North Kansas City, Mo. thrummed with the sound of young people climbing, sliding, spinning, jumping, exploring and reading.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Every day is harder than the last, a Gazan woman reports through a tin can transmitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

I don’t know why her boyfriend thought Calista would want to be friends with an empty tin can, but anyway, he was probably right.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff