blink quickly
Frequency: 6.53.1 per million words
to blink very fast, often due to surprise or agitation
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- She blinked quickly when the bright lights suddenly came on.
- The witness began to blink quickly under the prosecutor's intense questioning.
- He just stood there, blinking quickly as if trying to process the shocking news.
- I had to blink quickly several times to get the speck of dust out of my eye.
- Whenever he's nervous, he has a habit of blinking quickly.
- The character in the video game was instructed to blink quickly to activate a special power.
- If you stare at the sun, you will instinctively blink quickly and turn away.
- The small child blinked quickly in confusion when the magician made the coin disappear.
- After emerging from the dark tunnel, his eyes had to blink quickly to adjust to the daylight.
- The startled owl blinked quickly when the flashlight beam hit its face.