- present participle of blink.
blinking
Example Sentences
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Among people I spoke to in Southampton, the same concerns came up time and time again: "They're a blinking nuisance," says elderly pedestrian Fred.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Robert "Madyar" Brovdi's underground command post features walls of blinking screens playing footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian troops, frontline maps, and scoreboards of destroyed targets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The devotion is well-earned: Smith can quote Jefferson verbatim and cites Seneca and Enlightenment philosophers without blinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
In that moment of blinking, the whole system kind of said, Wait a minute, maybe this guy doesn’t have all of this power.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
I stand at the entrance to the building, blinking, struggling to take it in.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
