blinking
adjective
(used as an intensifier).
blinkingly
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a word derived from
blinking.
Example Sentences
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Then came an eerie silence, pierced by the crowing of roosters, as people blinkingly stepped out of their homes into the morning light.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
We leaped up and stared blinkingly into the north.
From The River and I by John G. Neihardt
As we emerged from the attic and started blinkingly down the steps, Stoddard almost ran ahead of me.
From Rats in the Belfry by John York Cabot
Stretched out, in a little grass-hollow, the dog followed blinkingly with his soft brown eyes the pendulumlike progress of his friend.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
All had come back to him, and he stood gazing about him blinkingly, trying to understand, conscious of straps binding his body and restraining his breathing.
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Marcus Horton
