quick as a wink
Example Sentences
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That water came right behind us, waltzing up the stairs like it owned the place, and quick as a wink got to swirling around our ankles on the second floor.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015
Best concept is the jungle-road-building behemoth that cuts trees with a flash of its laser beam, chews up the undergrowth and, quick as a wink, turns out a four-lane highway.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had a spring cold and she made me some tea that had me on my feet quick as a wink.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
My mother turned to glance round, but quick as a wink, Mrs. Tomolillo dropped her fat white hands in her lap and started talking vigorously to her friends.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Lena reads it out loud quick as a wink.
From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker
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