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Study the word DIN: (Source) A din is a loud, harsh, ugly sound, usually the kind made by lots of things at once. (Source) You might hear a din on loud city streets packed with honking cars and their rumbling engines. (Source) Or you might complain about the din at a sporting event, where the announcer is screaming through the speakers; the fans are cheering, stomping, and booing; and the air keeps ringing with whistles and bullhorns. (Source) You might cover your ears against the din in a school cafeteria, where hundreds of children are laughing, singing, yelling, and squeaking their sneakers across the linoleum floor. (Source) Notice how a din is an unpleasant combination of many noises all at once. If there's just one kind of noise that's annoying you, like the blast of a fire alarm, that's not a din. And, notice how a din is a thing: a noun, not a verb or an adjective. Use the word "a" or "the" right before it. Talk about a din of angry voices, the din in a packed restaurant, or the din of a thousand birds on the beach.   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture din the loud, confusing, annoying sound of many things all at once   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word DIN: Remember: when you complain about the din somewhere, you're complaining about the loud, harsh, unpleasant combination of many sounds. Idea 1: "(Someone's) quiet voice disappears in the din at (some very crowded place or event)." Idea 2: "To be heard, I have to shout above the din of people (doing something) and (doing something else)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.