blinking

Example Sentences

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Before one of Orion’s in-space maneuvers, crew members reported a problem with the toilet, indicated by a blinking fault light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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

The “personal computers” of the day were hobbyists’ kits, contraptions that arrived in pieces, with output displays that were limited to blinking red lights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Or Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was paralysed after a stroke and authored his 1997 book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking his left eye, the only movement he could still control.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

He just stood there, holding the tin can in his paw, blinking his eyes, looking first at me and then the apple.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls