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Example Sentences
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He could see these people a little better because his eyes weren't quite so new, so he blinked to focus more clearly and stared up at them.
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He blinked and sat up, slipped his feet into his slippers, took the skunk sling from the doorknob where he’d hung it the night before, and went into the living room.
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A pair of fireflies blinked over Aunt Pretty’s peony bed.
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But when he looked at it, he blinked in surprise.
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But then he blinked again and saw they were regular car headlights.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.