Example Sentences

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You are in the passenger seat with no seat belt, and the dashboard lights are blinking like they’re trying to tell you something in Morse code, which you never learned.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

“The kind of global and continental indicators really are blinking red that this is a year of climate change impacts,” Hall said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

For Brewer, both April’s garage collapse and the Bronx apartment building’s structural failure are blinking red lights.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2023

Speaking in Geneva, Amnesty chief Agnes Callamard said "the warning signs are blinking red".

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2021

I don't think Mom and Dad are blinking or breathing.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins