Get to know Blinking better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like winking or wink.
Blinking in a sentence
Related words
Blinking meaning
- That blinks.
- bloody
Synonyms of Blinking
Using Blinking
- The main meaning on this page is: That blinks. | bloody
- Useful related words include: winking, nictitation, wink, eye blink.
- In the example corpus, blinking often appears in combinations such as: without blinking, the blinking, blinking and.
Context around Blinking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blinking
- In this selection, "blinking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grandfather, badgers, pressure, light, cheerfully and drowsily stand out and add context to how "blinking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act of blinking in a and by a blinking light. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blinking" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blinking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Daniil Medvedev was distracted by a blinking light. (8 words)
How long can you stare at a stranger without blinking? (10 words)
Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye! (13 words)
The cop tracked me for about 5 miles, and then I looked in the rear view, and flying up from waaaaaay back was one of those Hemi Charger pursuit cars, all black with the real skinny light bar, headlights flashing and light bar blinking. (44 words)
Gen-Z baddies just want to sit in the front seats of their boyfriend’s car, make videos while blinking their eyes like albinos, do tongues like snakes, and eventually post such on social media, especially TikTok. (37 words)
For example, a blinking orange light could either mean it is going through a self-diagnosis, is being reset (if it eventually turns white), or is receiving an update (if it is alternating white and orange). (36 words)
How long can you stare at a stranger without blinking? (10 words)
Isn't that the BBC nature programme, which always seems to feature badgers blinking into hidden cameras? (17 words)
Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
A small friendly robot called Pepper is blinking cheerfully, waving and nodding from a room in the midst of the Australian National University (ANU).
Her growth and change from an abused wife afraid to make waves to someone who could walk through a crowd with a knife and use it without blinking was a gradual and fascinating transformation.
He spread a sheet over the dining-room table, laid him out, and operated, my grandfather blinking drowsily under local anesthetic.
How long can you stare at a stranger without blinking?
In fact, this Republican melt-down is starting to look like a blinking sign that the Democrats will take back the House in 2024 and hold it for a while.
Isn't that the BBC nature programme, which always seems to feature badgers blinking into hidden cameras?
It is important to note that the intensity and frequency of the blinking LED may vary depending on the specific JBL model you are using.
It's challenging to replicate the act of blinking in a way that looks natural.
Ms Leong said Xi had offered a sign that he too had been feeling some pressure, blinking unusually frequently during the sit-down.
Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye!
Seeing is the start of believing; accepting it will take far longer even for a man hardened enough to toss away children's corpses without blinking.
That's when he created a blinking light installation as a way to find his way back to his camp at night.
The cop tracked me for about 5 miles, and then I looked in the rear view, and flying up from waaaaaay back was one of those Hemi Charger pursuit cars, all black with the real skinny light bar, headlights flashing and light bar blinking.
Then Varma decided to take chargeтАФrather than blinking in the enormity of the situation he displayed his destructiveness with a torrent of four.
The only way she could communicate with those around her was by blinking - once for 'yes' and twice for 'no'.
The space agency also released an animated version that depicts the stars blinking simultaneously.
Daniil Medvedev was distracted by a blinking light.
For example, a blinking orange light could either mean it is going through a self-diagnosis, is being reset (if it eventually turns white), or is receiving an update (if it is alternating white and orange).
Gen-Z baddies just want to sit in the front seats of their boyfriend’s car, make videos while blinking their eyes like albinos, do tongues like snakes, and eventually post such on social media, especially TikTok.
Grande has some fun with Glinda’s sugary, over-the-top manipulations: she has the fluttery eyelids of a blinking doll and the twirly elegance of a music-box ballerina.
Common combinations with blinking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- without blinking 11×
- the blinking 8×
- blinking and 7×
- of blinking 5×
- blinking in 3×
- blinking an 3×
- blinking light 3×
- by blinking 3×
- still blinking 3×
- blinking red 3×