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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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
The original commenter would retaliate by flagging the flaggers, and would sometimes create a dozen accounts to multiply their flagging power—until comments and accounts were blinking in and out of existence at a dizzying rate.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2015
Their front paws were curiously flat, like spades, and they were blinking up at the class, looking politely puzzled at all the attention.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
