Verb She blinked when the light flashed. Her eyes blinked when the light flashed. She blinked her eyes when the light flashed.
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Verb
As the right-hander’s slump persisted through June and into July, Roberts didn’t blink. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Here’s a guy who last season is leading our team in receiving (before getting hurt), didn’t blink, fought back and has worked his tail off to come back. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Aug. 2022 Soft-spoken and sweet, Jennifer doesn’t blink when her customers call her by the wrong name. Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2022 My compatriots would blink, trying to comprehend the question. Sasha Dovzhyk, CNN, 20 July 2022 Energy Needed for Nothing Simply staying alive requires energy: to breathe, pump blood, and even blink your eyes.WIRED, 21 Aug. 2022 Be aware that when there’s a lot of money potentially changing hands, there are people who won’t blink twice at trying to confuse you into doing something foolish. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 31 July 2022 The praise for Kennedy is coming mostly from food writers, chefs and people who don’t blink at dropping hundreds of dollars on dinner.Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 During the same week, Bears linebacker Roquan Smith requested a trade due to his unhappiness over slumbering contract-extension talks, Burrell doesn’t blink. Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
Noun
In the blink of an eye, stunned friends and family already mourning one member lost another. John Raby, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Hill, who can take the top off of a defense in the blink of an eye, will be a focal point for both teams. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 But when different species hybridize, beneficial genes that have evolved in one species can, through mating with the hybrid, migrate to the other species in the blink of an evolutionary eye. Daniel Rubinoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2022 But in the blink of an evolutionary eye northern Europeans began inheriting a genetic mutation that enabled them to do so. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022 Weather can change in the blink of an eye in the wilderness.Outside Online, 1 July 2022 The entrance to the Cassiar from Kitwanga along Canada’s Highway 16 is a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it type deal. Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 The film is peppered with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, real-life Elvis appearances and split screens. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 July 2022 Tucked away in a little, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it strip center on the road to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, this mom-and-pop shop has been serving one of Birmingham’s best hamburgers for nearly 60 years. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 28 June 2022 See More