on the blink
Example Sentences
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Phone batteries ran down, TVs were on the blink and for many Spaniards their only lifeline to the outside world was from a car or battery-operated radio, as radio stations soldiered on through the blackout.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
Black’s sense of danger appears to be on the blink at the critical moment in this Closed Sicilian, making an ill-fated pawn grab when Bodnaruk’s kingside build-up was already looking ominous: 20.
From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024
The city opened a handful of self-cleaning toilet kiosks, but they were often on the blink.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2017
Since 2014 — when the monument reopened after damage from a 2011 earthquake was repaired — one of the most important elevators in Washington has been on the blink 24 times.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016
She does yoga and hums like a heater on the blink.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
