An unpleasant tinny voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He smelled kind of tinny like metal, like men smell. From Wordnik.com. [Stanley Tookie Williams, a pathological liar and primordial dwarf] Reference
I recall the sound quality as being a bit "tinny" but otherwise very good. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions On Tape] Reference
(Soundbite of song) NORRIS: It does have that kind of tinny sound, doesn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Spin: Mumbai's Hit Is 'Mora Piya' From 'Rajneeti'] Reference
No drawbacks that I know of other than the kind of tinny taste, which probably comes from the smell of the can. From Wordnik.com. [Hard wired to the past | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
Its hard to believe that one of birdworld's finest songsters can create such a monotonous 'tinny' racket for hours on end. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Headaches] Reference
And that your words don't sound "tinny" at all, but I know the feeling that you just can't seem to write all that you are feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Another View of Distance...] Reference
The American characters are rather "tinny" in the book, but they could have easily have been English, were it still colonial times. From Wordnik.com. [In an exclusive interview with BookBrowse, Louise Dean talks about herself and her three books, Becoming Strangers, This Human Season and the book that she's currently working on; and offers pithy but inspiring advice to aspiring authors.] Reference
Reviews I have read about a "tinny" sound are absolutely true. From Wordnik.com. [Fatwallet.com Hot Deals] Reference
I never could stand the sound of his voice ... to high-pitched and "tinny". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
In the richly inventive linguistic way of people who imagine that a diminutive "tinny". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
One judge thought Kevin's grass-fed beef brisket dish had a "tinny" taste and was stringy. From Wordnik.com. [The Frederick News-Post : Local News] Reference
It was the voice of an old woman: cracking, tinny. From Wordnik.com. [Blackout] Reference
Doors sound tinny and take a slam to fully shut. "". From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: Mitsubishi Outlander] Reference
But to most ears, he just sounded tinny and grating. From Wordnik.com. [The One True Hawk In The Administration] Reference
Miss Bentley hiccoughed a cute little tinny laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Another Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale about Obsession] Reference
But our testers described the sound quality as "tinny.". From Wordnik.com. [TECHNOLOGY: IT'S MUSIC TO THEIR EARS] Reference
But alone in the tinny red car with him, she quickly crashed. From Wordnik.com. [Round the World Now] Reference
He listened attentively, heard something else, a tinny sound. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
"Yes?" said a tinny voice from the speaker. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 10] Reference
Where once there was order, a tinny cacophony would prevail. From Wordnik.com. [The Madness of Mass Dance] Reference
He seems satisfied as a tinny voice is heard through the earpiece. From Wordnik.com. [Hundreds of Hefner Girlfriends Lost, Feared Dead] Reference
Her voice sounded tinny and tired in the earphones of my fishbowl. From Wordnik.com. [A Spaceship Named McGuire] Reference
The speaker, located on the back, sounded tinny when playing music. From Wordnik.com. [Dell's Streak: a Tiny Tablet That Takes Calls, Too] Reference
What had I expected, given the tinny dialect: “howdy, partner!”. From Wordnik.com. [Exchange Rates for Zynga] Reference
Quayle's aides concede that he seems stiff and tinny reading from a script. From Wordnik.com. [The Quayle Handicap] Reference
Would you buy a set with spectacular picture quality but wimpy, tinny sound?. From Wordnik.com. [Does TV sound quality matter?] Reference
And if Ryan's derring-do strikes a tinny note, it's not entirely Affleck's fault. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Spy Vs. Spy] Reference
There was a tinny scream, and a six-inch needle shot up instantly through the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Judas Valley] Reference
Alan put down his fork with a sharp tinny clang and stared levelly at the First Officer. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
I'm sure Agent 007 was as disappointed with the stereo as I was -- rather tinny, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Vanquish] Reference
Having a built-in speaker is also a very nice improvement, though the quality is quite tinny. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: iPod Touch] Reference
AUDIOKick Out the JamsTired of listening to MP3 files on your PC through those tinny speakers?. From Wordnik.com. [Cyberscope] Reference
Middle-Eastern flavored Rock-N-Roll, a high-pitched fast rhythm, played through a tinny radio. From Wordnik.com. [Ibby's Falafel] Reference
It's a tinny, self-consciously hip phrase that doesn't resonate much beyond the white middle class. From Wordnik.com. [Generalizations X] Reference
Is there still the piano? with the tinny treble, -- indeed, the whole atmosphere, was it not tinny?. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
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