blink
verb (used without object)
to close and reopen the eyes, especially involuntarily.
have blinked
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present perfectof blink.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At 40-30, the trophy in her sights, Rybakina could have blinked.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ticket sales in this not-quite-post-pandemic period have blinked red lights at this practice.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
If there was any better narrative than the fact that she was “brave” I may have blinked and missed it.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2022
Few would have blinked had Andonovski started any of his second-half substitutes: Press, Lynn Williams and Lindsey Horan.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2020
And he even had a sort of preppie, arrogant air about him: If I’d run into him wearing tasseled loafers in some uptown real estate developer’s office, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
