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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Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have blinked first in the Premier League title run-in as they stumbled to a draw against Nottingham Forest.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
“I could have blinked at the wrong time and shanked,” Federer said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
Nobody would have blinked if he simply hired a female voice actor.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2019
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
