blink
verb (used without object)
to close and reopen the eyes, especially involuntarily.
had been blinking
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past perfect progressiveof blink.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Philip, who had been blinking nervously at Miss Babs's sheeny silken insteps, looked up.
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
She clung to him eagerly and the tears she had been blinking so hard to restrain flowed silently.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
This roused Mrs. Trewhella, who had been blinking in silence.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
They talked for a little, and presently Tim, whose eyelids had been blinking somnolently for some time, gave vent to an unmistakable yawn.
From The Hermit of Far End by Margaret Pedler
The mother had been blinking sleepily; now she rose and came to her young.
From Wilderness Ways by Charles Copeland
