Used in a Sentence

tinged

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tinged.

Editorial note

Bit of a stretch to say that house only came about because of sucky disco-tinged pop music.

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Quick take

being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tinged gathered in one view.

adjective

being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tinged.

Example sentences

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Bit of a stretch to say that house only came about because of sucky disco-tinged pop music.

2

Yeah, that's one of the 1% or so of politically-tinged bits of the project.

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This whole post seems to be tinged with a bit of defensiveness on behalf of the most active committers to the project.

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I have a deep, loud voice that was tinged with a rez accent and quite a lot of slang.

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It will vary a lot, depending on the color of light falling on the eye, and be tinged by the blood vessels in the eye.

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The problems that exist in public education are incredibly complex, and it's not clear to me that any simple, ideologically-tinged solution is going to solve them.

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I've seen bits and pieces of that, but they always strike me as kind of superficial and conspiranoid-tinged, leaving me still skeptical.

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Is there a reason that isn't tinged by sour grapes?

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It's a cold, empty, hollow feeling tinged with fear.

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When I first met the KA I was originally hopeful, tinged with concern.

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Judging purely from the blurb on Amazon, i'd say that the stories at least have rather different styles - Clarke-Baxter-style grand-scale hard SF vs Walter Jon Williams-style cyberpunk-tinged space opera.

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> The problems that exist in public education are incredibly complex, and it's not clear to me that any simple, ideologically-tinged solution is going to solve them.

Quote examples

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You are still living in a bubble, it's just the valley-tinged HN bubble and you have encoded this as "smart people".

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Is it because I'm a member of $marginalized_group?" and every future interaction with that person is tinged with that thought process: "I'm still $marginalized_group...

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When I asked Vaillant if the experience of paging through the book had been tinged with sadness, he said, “It was fascinating,” and went on to describe his awe and wonder at longitudinal studies.

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The counter-argument to targeting the "urban market" if you believe (potentialy race-tinged) NY/london advertsining and marketing professionals....is lack of buying power in this "non abc1" demographic.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tinged in a sentence?

Bit of a stretch to say that house only came about because of sucky disco-tinged pop music.

What does tinged mean?

being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination

What part of speech is tinged?

tinged is commonly used as adjective.