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How to use blink in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Blink means to close and reopen both eyes quickly. Example: “The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.”

Examples of blink by meaning

verbTo close and reopen both eyes quickly.

  • The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.

verbTo close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

  • She blinked her tears away.

verbTo flash on and off at regular intervals.

  • The blinking text on the screen was distracting.

verbTo flash headlights on a car at.

  • An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.

verbTo send a signal with a lighting device.

  • Don't come to the door until I blink twice.

verbTo have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.

  • The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.

verbTo shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore.

  • I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates.1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 199
  • It is no use blinking the unpleasant fact.1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, page 63
  • "Well, it's no good blinking facts.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 92

nounA text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

  • I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.2007, Cheryl D. Wise, Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web: The Basics and Beyond, page 150

More sentences with blink

  • I blinked away my tears and just idled away the morning.From the entry away
  • My toaster is on the blink, making either charcoal or cold bread.From the entry on the blink
  • After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.From the entry strike
  • Just a blink of an eye later, he was gone.From the entry blink of an eye
  • The blinking telly isn't working again.From the entry blinking
  • Is there any hero that actually builds blink dagger to specifically blink away from a fight?2023 August 5, u/punksterb, “My Dota 2 Defensive Item Alignment Chart”, in Reddit, r/DotA2, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2023. From the entry supp
  • Glenn looked up to see a blinking neon purple sign that read Jon Jon's.2023 January 12, Joe Spano, Quagmire, AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry Michigan left
  • She blinked rapidly several times, then her chin lifted slightly and her eyes rolled back.2022 October 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry absence seizure
  • Watch for the signs of fatigue, including yawning, blinking and heavy eyes.2021 December, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 11, column 3. From the entry heavy
  • Blinked again, a slow narrowing and release of eyelids, an entirely evaluatory expression.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 59. From the entry evaluatory
  • A tic is a sudden, rapid, repetitive, non-rhythmic movement (e.g. eye blinking) or vocalization (e.g. throat clearing).2020, Andrea E. Cavanna, Pharmacological Treatment of Tics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry tic
  • If you blinked, you'd miss the fact that the Court passed on six abortion-related petitions!2020 July 3, Josh Blackman, “Overtime July begins with Emanations and Penumbras from the Shadow Docket”, in The Volokh Conspiracy. From the entry GVR
  • I'd rather the sword drawn in a blink than the slow soul ransackled by the State.2019, Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Dolefully, A Rampart Stands, page 52. From the entry ransackle
  • “About forty dollars between us,” John lied, without blinking an eyelid.2017, Valerie Pixley, Monkeys in my Garden, →ISBN. From the entry without blinking an eyelid
  • He had not blinked, Curjai noted, not once in many minutes.2016, Tanith Lee, No Flame But Mine. From the entry ungod
  • And if you blinked, well, you would have missed the point: ridiculously fast, brakeless, fixed-gear bike racing.2014 March 31, Joshua Bright, “Photos: A Damp Spin Through Brooklyn”, in The New York Times. From the entry brakeless
  • She blinked rapidly, trying to figure out what had just happened.2014, Maisey Yates, Unbroken, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry hellstorm
  • Mom unpalmed her eyes and blinked at me as if she'd just realized I was there.2012, Natalie Standiford, The Secret Tree. From the entry unpalm
  • “Going all he-man on her isn't exactly going to put you in her good book.” He blinked.2010, Nalini Singh, Play of Passion, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry good book
  • Shire blinked in surprise and then thoughtcast a question to Luthien, Is she serious?2010, Travis Anderson, Outbound Ventures: Revolutions, page 80. From the entry thoughtcast
  • Both glanced at my carry-on luggage, then blinked me away, as disinterested as sunning lizards.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.62-63. From the entry sunning
  • He blinked slowly and tweedled his long brown mustache between his fingers.2007, Bryan Butikofer, Rise of the Weaponsmaster, page 168. From the entry tweedle
  • Alex blinked her eyes open and looked up at the face of a bald man wearing pajamas.2007, Greg Iles, True Evil, Simon and Schuster, page 279. From the entry glock
  • Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips.2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230. From the entry shi
  • I blinked again and screwed up my eyes to look across the chuckies.2006, Bernard MacLaverty, Work: new Scottish writing : The Scotsman & Orange short story collection 2006, →ISBN. From the entry chucky
  • The blinking headlights in his rearview mirror indicated the driver's anger at almost being sideswiped.2003, Bob Weir, Short Stories of Life and Death: Complexities of the Human Experience, →ISBN. From the entry lay a glove on
  • His lower lip trembled as he blinked up at her from behind his round, Harry Potter spectacles.2003, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's, page 101. From the entry Harry Potter spectacles
  • Hypochondria — cites spasmodic blinking and severe memory loss as evidence of tardive dyskinesia and tardive dimentia.2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry tardive dyskinesia
  • Then, without blinking, I sucker punched him as hard as I could.1996, Larry Flynt, Kenneth Ross, An Unseemly Man, Los Angeles: Dove Books, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry sucker punch
  • Repeat three times, then blink several times, and rest with your eyes closed.1992, Herbert Benson with Eileen M. Stuart and Staff of the Mind/Body Medical Institute of New England Deaconess Hospital and Harvard…. From the entry o'clock

Meaning of blink

  1. verb To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
  2. verb To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
  3. verb To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Full definition of blink

Questions about blink in a sentence

How do you use blink in a sentence?
Blink is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.”
What is a short sentence with blink?
“She blinked her tears away.”
What does blink mean?
Blink means to close and reopen both eyes quickly.

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