The persecution lasted twenty-eight years, with few "blinks" to take the chill of horror out of the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of the Covenanters] Reference

He kind of blinks at that; but it don't fetch him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torchy] Reference

The blinks are a code, mainly issuing orders to the mobile machines. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfarers]

It just "blinks" and it goes very fast but still it is kind of annoying in the long run.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASP.NET Forums] Reference

But the eye that blinks, that is something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

Gazing in the lake at the other, I blink, he blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [S OWN STORY(1)] Reference

But the sun through the mirk blinks blithe in my e'e.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Songs and Ballads] Reference

At one point, we clocked her at 85 blinks per minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2009] Reference

And the sound of her voice, and the blinks of her een.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference

(Reading) Tiny Baby Sphinx, she looks at me and blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas] Reference

Here, with winks and blinks and clinched teeth, the old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference

She looks at him again, blinks, says, “Do I know you?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ever. Happily. After.] Reference

The other is to play chicken with Kim Il Sung until he blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nothing Short Of Doomsday] Reference

It blinks white, then red and white, then red, then solid red.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT HE LOST ROUND THE MOUNTAIN] Reference

The neon in the window blinks, and I say, “You're welcome.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Girl in That Shirt] Reference

A gray squirrel sitting on a fallen oak blinks, blinks, blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from House in the Attic] Reference

He rubs the top of his head, blinks his eyes, and grunts twice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference

She pulls her posture erect and blinks back all fear, all thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suspicion] Reference

           From the ceiling, a surveillance camera blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Day] Reference

And here's your last one: It blinks red on a telephone in a hotel room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh, There's Always Room For 'Gel'] Reference

 Candace blinks her eyes repeatedly and bows her head to sip her coffee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Girl Friends] Reference

The panda opens her eyes and blinks at me, but no one else seems to notice.    From Wordnik.com.  [LuLu] Reference

   He blinks, gets up and moves himself nearer to a building to stay dryer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hotel Chelsea - Intercut 6] Reference

However, fibs of this sort one blinks at where pretty girls are the criminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] Reference

           She blinks, and with a Mona Lisa smile says, “Thanks.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martyr] Reference

He tries to will himself calm; the blinks come faster when he's nervous or scared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blink] Reference

If neither side blinks, taxes will go up for every American who pays income taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Seems Flexible on Tax Cuts] Reference

In the face of terror, a U.S. ally blinks, giving in to hostage - takers 'demands.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2004] Reference

She thinks she sees one twitch; she blinks more furiously and hates herself for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Florida] Reference

The normal blink rate for someone speaking on TV is 30 to 50 blinks per minute (bpm).    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

He blinks, and I know it is over, our littlemano a mano tete a tetein Franish italics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quixote Bronson, Savior of Neglected Suburban Housewives] Reference

In the languid vid, GINA stretches her gull-wing doors and blinks her cat-eye headlights.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Whole New Layer of Skin] Reference

Chase blinks and nods his head slowly, as if he understands the gravity of the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [I don't have a gun and I don't have you] Reference

A "normal" blink rate for someone speaking on TV, Tecce says, is 30 to 50 blinks per minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Debates in the Blink of an Eye] Reference

FOREMAN: Political analysts say attacks on the White House will grow bolder if Rumsfeld blinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2006] Reference

           He blinks once with his bulging eyes and then gulps, not moving, terrified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving Grace] Reference