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

"You're kind of trapped in a tin can that's not designed for roaming around," Ally recalls.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

Movies to be watched on planes, making bearable the three or nine hours spent in a tin can, squashed on all sides, munching tiny pretzels and trying not to order yet another gin and tonic.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan