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
From the outside, the Team Associated trailer looked like a glorified tin can, but inside it was furnished with crisp white shelving and a treasure trove of motor parts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
"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
It was only a tin can propped up on a log, Beto told himself.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
