tinny

Example Sentences

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Nearly all televisions have small, tinny speakers that make it difficult to hear dialogue, especially for some of us older folk.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

When you first put on hearing aids, you are hit by a tinny, artificial sound.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

This is most evident on the sleepy “Crusader,” an ostensible rebuttal to recent moral panic that lacks — in large part because of its tinny percussion — urgency and bite.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

"I was listening to Radio 1 on this tinny radio, and Duran Duran's 'Girls on Film' came on," Orzabal told The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

The music is tinny and crackly—partly because of the cheap sound system—but I still like it.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez