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UK
/blˈɪŋk/
]
[ US /ˈbɫɪŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫɪŋk/ ]
NOUN
- a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
VERB
-
briefly shut the eyes
The TV announcer never seems to blink -
gleam or glow intermittently
The lights were flashing -
keep back by blinking
blink away tears
How To Use blink In A Sentence
- Even I, a tolerant representative of the Middle Way, found myself blinking at this unquestionably Romish style of adornment. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- He admired Machiavelli for recognizing that sometimes our ends are mutually exclusive and for facing that fact unblinkingly.
- Not sure what a 'twofer' is, but if what you mean is that the '2050' scenario is ridiculous, then you're way into denial and every bit as susceptible to the blinkers of 'You Know You Are Right' as those you ridicule. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
- * blinks* It's 6: 00 in the morning, I haven't had any sleep, and I got a letter from someone in Oz ... * blinks again* Jaxraven Diary Entry
- It was laying on its front and looked as if its head had been resting in its folded arms before rising up enough to let one of its unblinking eyes stare at Kyri through strands of long red hair.
- Because then that bald spokesguy with the BIG VOICE!! and unblinking stare is on my TV every bloody commercial break. I hate it when The Brick has a sale
- The autumn birds were singing; the autumn flowers were blooming; yellow golden rod and scarlet sumach glowed in the corners of the fences; locusts chirped in treetops; grasshoppers stridulated in the meadows, one or two of them making more noise than a whole drove of cattle lying peacefully chewing their cud beneath an umbrageous elm and lifting up their great, tranquil, blinking eyes to the morning sun. The Redemption of David Corson
- Our lives become narrow, blinkered, limited. Life Without Work
- I blinked in surprise; her dark, sandy-blond hair, rough in texture, was now streaked with green.
- Maybe his vision could have been blinkered by already knowing the players personally.