Example Sentences

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Then-CIA Director George Tenet later testified that “the system was blinking red” by that summer.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2021

"It was blinking in the daylight as it had obviously been in the dark for three weeks," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2018

But none of that concerned the blond boy, who was blinking and smiling at her.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2018

By day three, in Israel, he was blinking through an appearance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2017

The answering machine was blinking but she did not check it because it would be yet another variation of Aunty Uju’s message.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie