Example Sentences

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This roused Mrs. Trewhella, who had been blinking in silence.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

Philip, who had been blinking nervously at Miss Babs's sheeny silken insteps, looked up.

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian

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 Pedler, Margaret

The mother had been blinking sleepily; now she rose and came to her young.

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles

She clung to him eagerly and the tears she had been blinking so hard to restrain flowed silently.

From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood