blinking

Example Sentences

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She finally made it to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage in 2019 - 14 years later than planned - blinking back the tears with a decades-spanning greatest hits set that became the festival's most-watched performance ever.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

A dozen members of the French navy scour screens for blinking lights indicating movement thousands of kilometres away near the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 1, 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

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

For seven, eight, or ten minutes, or however long it takes, no blinking, no movement, my eyes open but as still as a rock.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola