How To Use Blip In A Sentence

At the touch of a button one of the blank monitors blipped to life, displaying a scene that was being picked up by a hidden remote camera.
The "SynchroRev Match" function automatically controls and adjusts engine speed when shifting to the speed of the next gear position, essentially "blipping" the throttle to smooth out any up / down shifts. Autoblog
And that desire to foster a copacetic synthesis between carbon-based life forms and artificial devices can be heard in every blip and digitized beat played.
You will recognise them for no more or less than temporary blips on a radar screen of satisfaction.
Entering her apartment, Kayleigh saw the answering machine light blipping.

It was a blip on the screen. Times, Sunday Times
He's got the groove going and he paces his compilations like an expert DJ, but his blips and bleeps sound awfully derivative.
It is something he is drumming into his players and before the recent blip it looked like he was getting through. The Sun
In the darkened operations room below decks, grey overalled officers and sailors watched an approaching blip on their radar screens.
I mean, I loved Somewhere in Time in its day ... and Time and Again ... and Quantum Leap and Voyager and, you know, that show with the weirdly dressed fellow blipping about in a 1960's Police Box. RTD = Deceptively Playful
That was an aberration, one of those ironic blips that sport throws up from time to time.
We shall dissect," said Mielwis, and by means unperceived by Charlie Johns, he caused the chart to change: blip! Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth
A blip or something to worry about? The Sun
But it's like saying even with the sound and screen on my television blipping on and off that I can enjoy a show.
This was not a blip in the stunning story of British gymnastics. Times, Sunday Times
Those poor returns may prove no more than a blip for one whose string has been rampant. Times, Sunday Times
The SynchroRev Match (TM) function automatically controls and adjusts engine speed when shifting to the exact speed of the next gear position, essentially "blipping" the throttle to smooth out any up/down shifts. Undefined
Those poor returns may prove no more than a blip for one whose string has been rampant. Times, Sunday Times
In other words, the dismissal was not much more than a blip in the otherwise smooth-running system of parliamentary democracy.
It was a mere blip in her otherwise unstoppable rise. Times, Sunday Times
A blip sounded off signaling the entry of an intruder.
And by and large, apart from the odd blip, he is managing to do so. The Sun
It will take until next summer to prove whether this is a temporary blip or an underlying problem. Times, Sunday Times
The network dominates the airwaves through its use of blipverts, which compress thirty seconds of commercial information into three seconds.
They've managed companies into short-term blips in their portfolios. CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2003
Bar the odd blip, though, this is fiery fare. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, that business about the back door and the special restroom is probably too true of more than half the Republipimps, Cons, Neo-Cons, Tea Baggoids, and all of Dookie. Think Progress » Congressional GOP wants to keep Steele ‘out of sight, out of mind.’
We've seen a boom in building in the United States that is at a record level, except for that one Korean War blip, and so I think it's a highly abnormal situation that we've been in.
Nebraskan had "blipped on our screen several times in recent weeks. Tim Webster
He had been trying hard not to gloat over polls that might, after all, be only a blip on the graph. Times, Sunday Times
The whips who failed miserably to dragoon the rebels through the ‘No’ lobby on Wednesday wearily admit that a mass revolt by more than a third of backbenchers cannot be passed off as a mere blip.
At the touch of a button one of the blank monitors blipped to life, displaying a scene that was being picked up by a hidden remote camera.
While she worked, she kept looking at her wrist and staring at the blipping screen.
It is something he is drumming into his players and before the recent blip it looked like he was getting through. The Sun
She was barely a blip on the political scene when McCain tapped her for the '08 campaign, and now she has dumped all her political life for book tours and interviews on Oprah. Christie, McDonnell explain Palin's absence from campaign trail
Again, we must focus on structural, ongoing deficits, rather than temporary blips that naturally accompany recessions.
The only reason it blips on my radar at all is the fact that you did it in the context of a western.
We see this as a temporary blip. Times, Sunday Times
‘Told you everything would work perfectly,’ Eldon replied as they watched the radar blips disappear.
Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.
He snickered amusedly and was about to speak up when suddenly, an alert window blipped onto his screen.
Further, the circuitry behind that speaker was equally lacking, as, in most cases, the system could not produce anything beyond the extent of beeps and blips.
Hence the area seems to survive economic blips and downturns that might affect outlying areas of London. Times, Sunday Times
The managers say the declines are just short-term blips for an otherwise intact thesis. Bond Funds' Increased Risk
The drop last year is likely to be a small blip in a general upward trend.
Warp speed, back to the sounds of 80's pop and those jittery keyboard blips!
While we were on the plane with them, they saw two blips on their radar screen.
Oh thank goodness I no longer have to worry about all the kids getting their butts "blipped" off whilst keeping the "brand" out there. Your Right Hand Thief
Early stumbles or successes may turn out to be a mere blip in the long run.
Some scholars say it will be regarded as only the slightest of blips on the radar screen of history.
Recent inflation seems to be a blip due to the devalued pound. Times, Sunday Times
Compared to the omnishambles budget, tax credits is a blip. Times, Sunday Times
I am very happy, the temporary blip of sadness I felt the other day has long passed…
In tight corners you can downshift with just a quick blip of the throttle.
We waited for the blip; none came. Times, Sunday Times
I remember those little dial controllers and how you could make the “ball” move differently by blipping the paddle * just* as the “ball” hit it … my brother and I could play against each other for hours! Pong love « Lab Kat
It's hard to imagine that as recently as 30 years ago, most wine snobs dismissed Napa vino as swill, and just a couple of decades ago Australia and Chile barely blipped on the wine connoisseur's radar. 10 Off The Beaten Path Wine Regions (PHOTOS)
So think of a computer's VDU as a radar screen, with a single blip on it, whose movements are going to trace out the M-Set. The Ghost from the Grand Banks
It is important to establish whether this trend is a statistical blip or whether there are specific issues that need to be addressed. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps an electronic ‘blip’ of the throttle on the downshift would have helped.
It was a blip on the screen. Times, Sunday Times
The stock market in New York blipped one point lower yesterday.
If that's right, it would suggest March's relatively weak out-turn was a blip.
Consistency in selection has been matched by consistency in performance once the Lord's blip was negotiated.
All their core sounds are here - wispy synthesizer melodies and bleeps and blips.
That is what I call wholesome and healthy - so we are as we always were prior to this little blip. Recent Activity
A dozen flying machines and their pilots would be no more than a blip on a piece of magnetic tape.
Is it a permanent rebound or just a temporary blip?
Deerhunter blipped onto the blogosphere with its glowering 2007 album "Cryptograms," and the Atlanta band has remained prolific ever since, expertly straddling the line between noisy guitars and warmer pop sensibilities. From Rap to the Rapture
The three blips on the radar screen were moving closer and closer to the ambush.
From today's vantage point, the 1987 crash seems just a blip in the upward progress of the market.
Yet they are but minor blips in an otherwise beautiful musical landscape which really ought to be discovered.
We need sentences to act as a deterrent, not just a small blip in an offender's lifestyle. The Sun
It will take until next summer to prove whether this is a temporary blip or an underlying problem. Times, Sunday Times
These small blips, however, do not prevent this book from being a fascinating read.
But it could just as easily be a statistical blip. Times, Sunday Times
I remember blipverts were commercials that made your head explode.
Aside from that momentary blip, I had a pretty good stab at everything and there was nothing I left blank - not even the odd word in the translation section.
The stock market in New York blipped one point lower yesterday.
Harry Brown was never even a blip on the radar in any sense.
Bar the odd blip, though, this is fiery fare. Times, Sunday Times
I Love LA relies heavily on acoustic guitars and strings offset by a series of well-constructed electronic blips and beeps.
My tip's two blips over fences came on right-handed tracks. The Sun
And from this minor blip things rapidly escalate; by the middle of week two, he's openly cheating and dressed top-to-toe in designer gear.
Pundits and politicians get excited about short-term blips in unemployment figures. Crooks and Liars
There may be some short-term blips, but for defeating "the scourge of terrorism in the Islamic world, the 'Arab revolt' is the best possible news," . Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
It will take until next summer to prove whether this is a temporary blip or an underlying problem. Times, Sunday Times
A couple of blips on the screen and he didn't anymore.
But it's a minor blip on an otherwise impeccable soundscape.
Kieran Richardson's blip will disappear off Lord Ferg's radar when he hotfoots it to Everton in the summer.
Short-term blips aside, the DC housing market will tank in the long run just as soon as commuting becomes quicker and federal jobs become scarcer. The Volokh Conspiracy » Flashback: Housing Bubble is Really a Credit Bubble:
This is literature as genealogy, characters as blips on the historical radar.
I saw something like blipverts in the late 80s, TV commercials that flashed a series of images by so quickly that your mind wasn't given time to recognize the image, and accept or reject it.
Then came yet another blip, this one identified as a freighter, which went on to launch a missile at the planet. Creative Couplings
Except that Cloudcuckooland is already filled up with people who think a socialist party is going to even be a blip on the radar screen in anything short of the rarest circumstances AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Or is the current climate merely a blip in an otherwise relatively smooth upward trajectory?
The stock market in New York blipped one point lower yesterday.
Initiatives such as Nice's work in the area, and an ongoing House of Lord's inquiry on behaviour change indeed suggest that the topic is more than a blip in the media's summer silly season.
Does he treat you well apart from this one blip? The Sun
A government spokesman described the rise in inflation as a temporary blip .
Moments later, the two legendary white paddles appeared onscreen, blipping and blooping the single pixel ball between them.
He failed to see the whole, seeing only the details, which he spotted like blips on a radar screen.
Time will tell if this is just a statistical anomaly or a blip in a downward trend.
With the exception of Moldova, this year's performances don't rate a blip on the comedic radar compared to last year.
Using a guy in a bearsuit, the blipvert "dramatizes" the capture of Brewtus, in which Rainier beer played an integral part of course. Archive 2004-09-26
From a finance standpoint, Telemundo is the merest blip on GE's radar.
The computer was turned on and played a short song out of beeps and blips, quite original, Katana thought.
you can't react to the day-to-day blips
Reasons for refusal can be as small as a minor blip on a credit report. Times, Sunday Times
It's an assortment of squeaks, shuffles, buzzers, bells, beeps, blips, barks, sighs, moans, cries, and screams.
Half an hour later, that famous catchphrase blipped up on CNN. Is This The New World Order?
I'm hoping that it's a blip for the Coen bros, you know one of those exceptions to the rule of them making really good films.
Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.
They watch the blips on the screen representing the planes break into two and fly off.
Twist the key and blip the throttle and the beautiful looking 4.2 V8 roars like a true racer.
Federer moved into the fourth round for the 30th consecutive Grand Slam tournament by overcoming what he called "tricky wind" and a second-set blip to defeat No. 27 Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. News - chicagotribune.com
Heel and toe: Driving the sporty GTI, we zipped through our serpentine handling course using the heel-and-toe technique to rapidly downshift, blipping the throttle while braking before each corner. Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving?
The great computerized search engine that was to have scrutinized our every blip has been put on hold by Congress.
The lights were dimmed, and there was the cautious, subtle blipping of medical monitoring devices.
But the Aston version is not only quick and jerk free on up-changes; it beautifully blips the throttle on down shifts too.
Cudi, and now Jay-Z have ushered in a new breed of fashionable blipster rappers. FAZED
Epidemiological data from the US and Canada show a blip up in colon cancer cases after the introduction of folate-fortified foods (mostly breads) in these countries, further supporting the idea that high dose folate supplementation may not be such a good idea. Folic Acid Supplementation - Too Much of a Good Thing?
There's nothing more homely than a huge cauldron blipping quietly on the backburner. The Sun
He had been trying hard not to gloat over polls that might, after all, be only a blip on the graph. Times, Sunday Times
It puts in perspective some of the temporary blips in that relationship.
Everybody goes through a blip during the course of the year and maybe we are having ours now.
But it could just as easily be a statistical blip. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe it was a blip in history, with drive-ins and soda fountains, that's gone for good.
He expects a busy afternoon against a team hell-bent on making amends for last year's blip in an otherwise tremendous season.
Then a small blip of sound came from the screen and Lucas pulled back.
A second later, another blipping sound greeted her.
The radio wave reflections are essentially no different than airplane blips on a radar screen.
I look at the movie poster on my wall, it's like a blip.
Imagine looking at the blips on the monitor of an air traffic controller in Las Angeles, multiplying those radar blips by 100-then zooming in on the flight path of a single aircraft.
‘Often I've seen engineers jump in the vehicle, turn the engine on, blip the throttle, then drive off,’ he says.
The radar operator watched carefully as the blip on his monitor representing the Renegade crawled into the system.
The official explanation was that the upward blip in April happened because operating theatres were closed over Easter.
Had Prejean won the aforementioned competition, I feel pretty certain that none of these facts would have blipped across my radar screen. Stop Making Martyrs
Let's hope it's just a temporary blip in a smooth operation.
The freakish weather is more than a blip. Times, Sunday Times
Oil and gold blipped upward again last week after a hiatus that followed the end of the QE2 monetary stimulus. Obama's Perplexing Populism
He pledged to keep a flinty eye on it and vowed to slay the threatening blip should it grow.
Previous emphasis on speed is now being replaced by ambience laced with moments of electronic blips and beeps, free jazz, noise, no wave and tinges of psychedelia.
The tiny athlete believes her rare lapse in Tokyo was just a temporary blip in a career of major championship success.
The Spartans were a retrograded blip on the screen. Think Progress » Rep. Paul Broun: The ramifications of health reform will be like ‘the Great War of Yankee Aggression.’
Eventually, the song peaks at a crescendo and dies away into atmospheric buzzes and computer blips.
Conference-goers, though, brushed aside the news as a blip on the political radar screen.
For Mr. Trent, and other Bombardier bulls, the drivers are these: The C Series, despite short-term blips, is winning favourable reviews and should be a long-term success. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
With all the blipping and beeping machines hooked into him, he looked smaller, paler, and frailer than I'd ever seen him before.
It has been there for hundreds of years, and a temporary blip in the finances is no excuse for throwing it all away.
How far can the "flip" sections go? flipboad, flipboard, bo-blipboard Textura Design Blog
Fade up to a hospital room, greying white walls, a single bed with a little table beside it and a large TV set in the corner, a cardiac monitor blipping away quietly.
The 6-foot-11 Noah rebounded big from a disappointing freshman year to become a big blip on NBA radar late in the season.
It's easy to dismiss the jump in inflation as a temporary blip.
For the traders on the floor, they all said it was a quiet day, it was a blip.
Their position is no mere blip either. Times, Sunday Times
It is a small blip and we can carry on. The Sun
Universities across the country are expecting a dip in the number of applicants next year, although this is expected to be a temporary blip.
A government spokesman described the rise in inflation as a temporary blip .
Beeps, blips and pings are the everyday sounds that we live with, thanks to our push-button gizmos and fast-paced lifestyle.
Their goals were two blips in a really good game for us. The Sun
Recent inflation seems to be a blip due to the devalued pound. Times, Sunday Times
So is this a blip or something more serious? Times, Sunday Times
Nothing fazes him, least of all his dodgy heart, which he considers merely a blip on a perfect landscape.
The blipping and whirring of the machines in Matthew's converted bedroom tell me that he is still alive, that he is still in there somewhere inside of the blank exterior. Cougar
And that, in turn, has led to what Mr. Prince describes as an inordinate focus on every bad news blip, a process fed by the celebrity permabear analysts who rarely encounter a positive development they can't discount. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Nevertheless, in the 21 st century Christianity often seems little more than a blip in Japanese history.
Again, we must focus on structural, ongoing deficits, rather than temporary blips that naturally accompany recessions.
Waco, though the timing was unfortunate, was just a blip on the dial.
No excess noise was audible, and sound flowed continuously, free of blips or other interruptions.
It remains to be seen whether electro-tango is a blip or a school of thought, though, and fans, beginning to get weary of hearing their favourite riffs sampled in jingles and TV commercials, are eagerly awaiting a follow up.
A blip of noise signals contact, then a low, droning hiss fills the speakers before the music begins.
On the up shift, you lift (off the gas) and shift; on the downshift, you blip and shift.
Following a wide range of credible news will help you sort fact from fiction and short-term blips from long-term trends. Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Looking for a Job? Think Globally.
It's hard to imagine this much energy blew out of the morning's tepid jobs report, with the official unemployment rate blipping down to 9.1%. The Corkscrew Economy
If the sensor is at fault, you will notice a slight blip in performance when the needle drops. Times, Sunday Times
Although the motor blipped perfectly under load such as when doing a heel and toe downshift, blipping the throttle at idle often produced a big hole in response before the motor picked up.
In 1997, the producers commissioned six artists to make forty-five second blipverts for the cinema which were seen by nearly 750,000 people during 1997/8.
If you're into funky, minimal blips and bleeps, check these guys out, they are the bomb!
It exists as an upward blip on a downward slide towards festive cognitive oblivion, but the blip is there. Times, Sunday Times
Start it up and the engine quickly settles into a menacing mid-range growl, while blipping the throttle makes the exhaust bark.
A blip sounded off signaling the entry of an intruder.
Does he treat you well apart from this one blip? The Sun
Those are the only terms which would really be blips on my radar. Times, Sunday Times
Their goals were two blips in a really good game for us. The Sun
As I was working on today's entry our electricity began to blip on and off.
Clean, blip and fleck free pictures, well saturated colors, and a dash of light grain with a splash of digital edge enhancement make for a satisfactory overall presentation.
Also of note formally are a few poems with blippy little quatrains of one to two words per line, one of which is the frolicsome ‘Leopard Spirit Society’.
Hi to you if you have come here via my new blipverts.
Listen to "blipped" songs as they come up, or skip to ones you like. PC World
Is the future to be filled with soft glitchy vocals over clicks, blips and bleeps?
He started the engine and then blipped it, unable to resist the satisfaction of showing how much power lay under his command. A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
There are minor blips, like the mound heighth, but for the most part play was extraordinarily consistent. Matthew Yglesias » Steroids and the Hall of Fame
Two hundred metres later, Mary crossed the finish line in sixth position, hardly a blip on the Olympic screen.
He remains unbothered by the signs of slowdown in the economy, believing that if it proves to be more than a blip the Bank of England has plenty of scope to cut interest rates.
It was a high-pitched blip that, once again, she never knew the devices were capable of.
I wonder how long it took before the crew of the stealth aircraft realised that those blips were incoming hostile aircraft?
The card is also irritatingly noisy when connected to the GPRS network, making those buzzing and blipping noises your mobile emits when it interferes with another phone.
Whatsisface barely registered a blip outside of hard-core NASCAR circles.
And now I'd like your comment on the revolutionary form of advertising called… blipverts.

How To Use Blip In A Sentence

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