blinking

Example Sentences

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The “personal computers” of the day were hobbyists’ kits, contraptions that arrived in pieces, with output displays that were limited to blinking red lights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Alex also sees insects crawling over food - but he has learned techniques, like blinking, looking away, breathing.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The door groaned open, and out crawled Ernesto, blinking into the warm Southern California air.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Dazed, Ernest and the others spilled out of the cars, blinking in the daylight.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti