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noun

blink

CEFR B2

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

In a sentence

Six example sentences with blink, each labelled with its topic.

  • One blink at the wrong moment ruined the group portrait, so she fired six frames in quick succession.

    Photography

  • Doctors watch for a blink when they brush the cornea, since the response tells them the nerve is intact.

    Medicine

  • The headset counts every blink and dims the display when it decides the wearer has grown tired.

    Technology

  • A blink lasts about a tenth of a second, and the brain quietly edits out the darkness so we never notice.

    Science

  • The study counted each blink during a hard puzzle and found the rate dropped by half until the task ended.

    Psychology

  • The eye-tracking headset registers a long blink as a click, so tired players sometimes jump without meaning to.

    Gaming

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