How to Use tin can in a Sentence

tin can

noun

• The day is large and sharp, like the edges of tin cans.
  — Anne Carson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• These tin can planters are a fun and easy project for crafters of all ages.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
• Or like being in a tin can that was kicked off a cliff.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Can Challenge Take tin cans of food around the house and rip off all the labels.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 27 Nov. 2018
• And a lighter backpack that didn’t hold a glass jar of tomato sauce and tin cans of baked beans.
  — Anthony Walsh, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2023
• Soon Johns had attached a broom, a tin can, and a spoon to different works.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
• The white heads of pampas grass were shining beyond the bridge’s guardrail, which had been half pulled away like the top of a tin can.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
• Tie two long strips of sturdy cloth like apron ties to a large tin can or small bucket.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2017
• The tin can easily be reused to store small items like a sewing kit, small toys, or Christmas cards.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2022
• Use a wood trellis, tin cans, and IKEA pot hangers to recreate this look.
  — Janece Maze, Country Living, 2 Apr. 2023
• His heater is fashioned from strips of cardboard rolled into a tin can and filled with wax.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
• Most holes are just buried tin cans or plastic cups marked by sticks or plastic flags.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• Some older versions of the contraptions look like large tin cans perched on top of a propane tanks.
  — Sophie Quinton, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
• This is an upcycled craft that turns an old tin can into a drum.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 21 Apr. 2022
• Mack also recalled gas rationing, meat coupons and saving the fat from cooked meat in a tin can.
  — Glendale News-Press, 8 Aug. 2019
• After the game, the man finds his Range Rover flattened like a tin can, round hoof prints visible in the metal.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2022
• Even the average anchovy in the tin can is cured and requires no cooking.
  — Joe Beddia, Bon Appetit, 17 Apr. 2017
• The sheet that had been covering me was sopping wet and smelled strangely of my body, tin cans, and cayenne pepper.
  — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
• After the ceremony, the bride, groom, maid-of-honor and best man loaded into a car with tin cans tied to the back.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
• First, remove the labels from empty tin cans and clean them with dish soap to eliminate any odors.
  — Kc Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
• To rework the lyrics of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity,’ the head on a brewski poured from a tin can far above the world would float in a most peculiar way.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
• Paintbrushes, tin cans, books and printouts are piled on a large table.
  — Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2015
• Their audio sounds like two people playing that tin can and string game at two ends of an Olympic-size swimming pool.
  — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• No need to bring an extra cup, because the smaller tin can be used for shaking as well as drinking.
  — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
• On the second part of the episode, the remaining nine contestants had to cook with food that came from tin cans without labels.
  — Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Tabb, Zarinsky and Brickelmaier are no longer on the road, isolated in a tin can with a hot griddle.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
• Leave the lids on or throw them out separately); cardboard, aluminum and tin cans.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
• Remove items mosquitoes use for breeding grounds, like old tires and tin cans.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2019
• Pull the meat from the pan, set it aside in a bowl, and pour out most of the oil (into a heat tolerant disposable container like a tin can, not down the drain).
  — Paula Forbes, GQ, 7 Feb. 2018
• Sambour can almost hear and smell the memories — the rattling sound of a vendor shaking a tin can of clams to entice her, the waft of dry spices.
  — AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024