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

Tiny dim stars were blinking the night away.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls