blink
verb (used without object)
to close and reopen the eyes, especially involuntarily.
were blinking
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past progressiveof blink.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I remember attending an early press screening of the then much-hyped, star-studded musical, and all of us in the audience were blinking back into the daylight as if we'd just emerged from a fever dream.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024
The lights were blinking as if someone was intentionally tapping the brakes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Those sources felt responsibility and authority to announce when the warning lights were blinking on our institutional dashboards.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2019
The mild recession of 1990 turned into a dogged job-killer, and though most economic indicators were blinking cheerfully by Election Day 1992, the damage was done.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2018
You’d shake your head and blink, except you couldn’t even tell you were blinking, the blackness didn’t change.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
