blink

Example Sentences

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The question is who suffers most—and who will blink first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Goldblum reassured her, promising that in the blink of an eye, we would fast forward decades into the future, where it would be "the longest-running show ever".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“Coming in as a freshman I was like, ‘Oh, I have so much time,’ and now it has gone by in a blink of an eye,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

And so here we are: The people who made an A.I. so good that it’s the only one the Defense Department uses for its most sensitive tasks will decide whether to blink.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

In a blink, he pawed through the papers—the Chicago Press & Tribune, the Galena Weekly North-Western Gazette, and the Amboy Times—deciding which was meager enough to part with.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan