tin

Example Sentences

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Lostwithiel was once an important port, exporting tin to the Mediterranean.

From BBC

“There are so many ways to ease the grief for the Jewish community in Bondi, without having a tin ear for the rest of multicultural Australia.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Whenever we went around, there would always be a tin of sweets that would come out. We knew them as the sweetie great-grandparents," he said.

From BBC

When they got to their yard, they went directly to the sandbox where Sam's big tin shovel was lying beside a dented kitchen pot.

From Literature

However, there may not be many more left in the tin.

From BBC