Thinking about them makes me blink and blink to keep from crying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Head tilted back, Flora Baumbach squirted drops in her eyes, blinked, and stared again at the moving tape. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the next face appeared I saw the eyes behind the thick glasses blinking as though noticing me for the first time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found I could not keep back my tears, and I blinked a few times and winced with the pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“How’d you like to hear about the war?” he might have asked, but the place could only blink and shrug. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I couldn’t help noticing as, one after another, warning lights blinked on. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jesper shook his head, trying to blink the rain from his eyes, muscles bunching in his back as he rose higher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Machines beeping and blinking all day and all night keeping vigil. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I scrunch my nose and blink a couple times. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I blink, and Moreau is face-to-face with me, so close that he could reach out and grab me if not for the glass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The swirling colors are still there, even as I blink in the hallway’s light. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I blink and lurch to the side as the room dips and sways. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I blinked them away and was relieved when I saw the street without the painful blurriness of a moment ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama blinked back tears as she and Papa gave each other a final tender kiss. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked and picked up one of the shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He woke when he heard the clatter of seats as people moved out, and blinked in the light. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked back the spots in his vision and waited for the pain in his head and body to subside. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stagger outside into the sunshine, blinking and blinking in the harsh light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinks up at us through glasses that magnify her eyes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure I had time to blink. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I blink my eyes to make sure I read it correctly. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They worshiped the railroads here, only a blink of an eye ago. And now the iron gods are as forgotten as the emerald hunters...” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"Let it be," he said in a voice so unlike his usual growl that I blinked in surprise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator light blinks and the doors slide open. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His exhausted eyes blink with gratitude, and he faces the screen, alive. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I blinked salt out of my eyes and spat out another mouthful of sour seawater. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes turned to me, then she blinked, as if she suddenly realized who I was and where she stood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean blinked—frozen, terrified—until Finn said, “Come on, brother. Let’s get your bag.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The reading took her longer than usual, and when she blinked and sighed and came out of the trance, her face was troubled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Is this a cry for help? Just blink if you need me to make a call.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy blushes and blinks; she shifts in her chair, picks up her teacup, and then puts it down without taking a sip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

One night I saw a car pull up in front of the Pastor house and blink its headlights twice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now I blink and blink till Malachy runs to my mother, talking out in the lane with Mrs. Hannon, Mam, something is up with Frankie, he’s upstairs blinking and blinking. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He felt himself slipping into darkness and blinked hard, doggedly clinging to life, willing himself to not let go. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Margo’s blue blue eyes blinked and she looked impossibly beautiful right then, her jeans wet against her legs, her face shining in the gray light. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, however, Amarante felt a nerve twitch somewhere deep inside his body: he held his fire, blinked his eyes, and then lowered the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two wet eyes and that third eye of the bullet hole never blinking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I run barefoot over the stone floor, blinking clouds from my eyes, my limbs still heavy with sleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He squinted, blinking water out of his good eye. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The outburst had made his mother sit back and blink, but he meant it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, confused, hoping it’s because of my job at the newspaper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gollum blinked, hooding the malice of his eyes with their heavy pale lids. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Before she could blink he had hold of her shoulders and had pinned her to the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In a blink of pure fantasy, I suddenly saw myself walking away from Dell Duke's grimy car with a tiny glass vial of her blood sample for genome sequencing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

His tic was as natural to him as breathing and blinking. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was certain it was an illusion that a few blinks would make disappear. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For hours he kept blinking, but by dawn, staying conscious seemed less important. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I stand there, blinking for an instant, unsure of what just happened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It blinked at me, then gave an unhappy hoot. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I blinked the grit out of my eyes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Cole watched the boat again until it blinked from sight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was such an unexpected remark that he blinked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The paroxysm of blinking made me pity the poor man. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink twice and my eyes focus in on a sign that reads Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Caroline propped herself up on one elbow and blinked at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sciola, blinking in slow, somber consternation, twice reached to put his hand upon her arm, and on the third try his slow fingertips finally made contact with her elbow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her mouth drops open and she blinks at me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes and looked away to the shade below the cliffs where the rabbit brush was green and yellow daisies were blooming. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezes the green disc tightly, then she blinks—once, twice—opens her eyes wide, and looks straight at me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was even the same small motel not far away its sign blinking all night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She took another sip of water, laid her cup aside, blinked and stretched and rose from her chair, her muscles sore and stiff. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The streetlights blinking on were a silent siren. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He explains that the signs will blink on and off to help us remember when to clap and when to stop. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The turtle’s filmy inner eyelids blinked with uncanny precision, deflecting each shot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The wolf did not move, only blinked and sniffed the air. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I blink a few hundred times at the invasion of light. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This man—his last name was Bauby—wrote the whole book by having a friend recite the alphabet to him, and when she came to the letter he wanted, he would blink that left eye. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rats skittered over the rubble, blinking evil red eyes at the harsh sunlight. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn't jump hundreds of feet in a single blink unless distances shrank at your will. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes fill with tears again, but I quickly blink them away. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked and returned to the present, where Archer stood in front of her, a smile lighting up his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The lights blinked off and on and off again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I hear ringing and try to blink some of the black patches out of my eyes; how did something get in my eye? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I look up at the girl, still staring at me, maybe not even blinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bran blinked back a tear and felt it freeze upon his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The three heroes hopped into their individually labeled tubes and slid down to their briefing stations, where they were surrounded by blinking computers and glowing video screens. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now sitting in my downloads, blinking at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at us over her bowed head, with eyes that blinked damply above his quivering nostrils; his mouth was set as steel. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He felt her blinking slowly at the back of his neck. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the time passed and the servants came in and stood waiting in the hall, his eyes began to blink anxiously and he spoke of the rain in a worried uncertain way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I blink in school when the master isn’t looking and all the boys in my class are calling me Blinky and adding that to the list of names. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I walked into the room and he blinked and looked at Mother, as if to check that she was seeing me, too. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But now that the anger had burned away, Luke was left with an inescapable feeling that, in one blink, he’d managed to ruin everything between him and Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She blinks at me a second, smiles weakly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I blinked he was gone and I realized it was a dream. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My nightmare blinks away—flames, the city in flames, me and Uncle Bernard watching from the dining room window. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Texan blinked with surprise, for no man had ever been known to join a witch council. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he even had a sort of preppie, arrogant air about him: If I’d run into him wearing tasseled loafers in some uptown real estate developer’s office, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to blink out of existence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I blinked and looked around, parched, and grabbed the bottle of water Navid had left me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Beto was afraid to blink, desperate for the answer, desperate to know how to be safe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They entered a small town, lit up by streetlights and blinking Christmas decorations, and Shadow glanced to his right. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I blinked my tears away, stuck the spoon in the pot, and leaned over the warm yellow dal. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It takes me at least a dozen tries, but finally I manage to put both of them in, blinking away a few tears as I do. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meg blinked and shoved shakily at her glasses and there was Charles Wallace standing indignantly in front of her, his hands on his hips. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at them, and a faint light of cunning and eagerness flickered for a second in his pale blinking eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He tied and untied his gym shoes as thoughtlessly as he blinked his eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squints and starts blinking, and I realize what she’s doing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would turn his head slightly and blink his long eye-lashes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The eyes slanted downward, never blinking, unfeeling as a snake’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas blinked himself back to Mr. and Mrs. Trepid’s office. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy blinked, and Jinny gasped, startled, as she saw that his eyes were blue. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cannery watchmen look out and blink at the morning light. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind pushed Tally’s hair back, and she blinked as bugs pinged against her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mom slipped them on and, blinking, looked around the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he was good at everything—he helped Theo with calculus, he could destroy chemistry without blinking, he slept through his A+ in English, and everything else seemed to bore him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He blinked once, stared down at it, then looked at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She doesn't blink, and her eyes stretch open so wide, it's as if she's trying to take me completely in. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And then while I was still blinking he covered the Object’s lips with his sour, handsome, pot-smoking mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ethan lets go, his eyes blinking to pinpoints, his hand held in front of him like it’s on fire. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I blinked and reached forth to touch them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a short man who was speaking superfast to a few women and blinking a lot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me, blinking, bleary-eyed, struggling out of sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stares at me with big hazel eyes, and blinks rapidly as if I might disappear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie blinked and looked from me to Aaron like he wasn't sure who we were or why we were there. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I never knew the night sky could be so amazing—trillions of blinking, sparkling, spinning lights in a velvet-black sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes burned to a blur she couldn’t blink away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He squinted at Chamberlain, shrugged foolishly, blinked and yawned. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't blink, didn't let go of his stare. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A minute later, they were out in the open, standing on the very top of the peach, near the stem, blinking their eyes in the strong sunlight and peering nervously around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to put a bandage on there—I don’t care what you say. You’re going to drive me mad, blinking blood out of your eye all the time.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Despite her irritation, she blinked at the sight of his face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the grass near a picnic table, gazing up at the stars blinking to life. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Charles arrived early—Dad hadn’t even come in from the junkyard yet—and sat at the table across from Shawn, who glared at him, never blinking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tried my best to keep the tears from spilling out by not blinking. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then the man blinked and Chamberlain realized that there was nothing inscrutable here; the man was exhausted. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I even blink he sneezes and stretches, and that night’s sleep is over for me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause in my laps, blink warm water out of my eyes, and tap on Hideo’s hovering text in my vision before I can think it through. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A stoner’s calm, I had thought at first, given the slow, spacey way he spoke and blinked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Struggling to draw breath into lungs that felt flattened, he blinked and realized that the gaudy glare was sunlight streaming through a canopy of leaves far above him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at me and blinked his eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They never lowered their gaze; they hardly blinked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even blink, and Ivy felt her face burning. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The computers blinked to life and allowed us to access the newspaper archives from the desktop. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He swivels his head around, blinks twice, and says, “They’re okay.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked and took her hand, squeezing it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge sputtered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open but he was blinking more than he would most times. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked at all of us, like he was trying to remember who we were, and then he focused on someone behind me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to go looking for trouble in an airplane,” he noted, blinking his beady, brown, offended eyes myopically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes blinking the tears down his face, the Eagle looked, for all the world, sorry. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his eyes with his hands, and, drawing them away, blinked slowly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I blink into it for a few seconds. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I zoomed in on Castle Anorak and tapped a spot just outside the front entrance, and in a blink, my avatar was standing there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I gasped, and blinked madly, trying to see in the light. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When Bo stepped outside, the pigeon ruffled up its feathers and blinked, bewildered in the light. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked at me stupidly, his mouth slightly open. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and blinking, and it occurred to Emily that Maddie might actually be nervous about losing her bet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped and blinked, as if she were wondering how she’d ended up on that stage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boys blinked, startled, for in a single moment an entire lesson—an entire class period of listening to Jillson drone on and on about bad government—had blossomed in their heads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo felt the choking in his throat; he blinked his eyes hard and didn’t say anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, everything had changed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I create the whole universe, blink by blink.—An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The present seemed vulnerable to the past, as if it might be overwhelmed by it, as if I might blink, and when my eyes opened I would be fifteen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He blinked, yawned, and stretched his body luxuriously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My eyes dare not blink as the soldier raises the hammer above his head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the tip of his nose and blinked out at the dazzling sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind the velvet rope rises a flight of stairs edged with blinking lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She did not even blink at my implied accusation. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes and pointed at me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers didn’t blink as Nina and Brum passed, merely offered a tight salute. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stared right back at her without blinking. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The bulbs were installed all over Thurmond, lidless eyes always watching, never blinking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And she held my head there and looked at the cut above my eye, then she just looked right into my eyes and we didn’t blink or anything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The old trike blinked once, then seemed to nod at her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He laughed again while I tried to blink the tears out of my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You had to squint against the glare to keep them sighted, and with every blink you expected the last white speck to be gone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The player is a boy with brown hair, who blinks at the sudden light on him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The imprint of the doe faded away with every blink of his eyes as he stood there, listening to the sounds of the forest, to distant crackles of twigs, soft swishes of snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at her for three blinks, and then turned away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stood near the sofa for a moment, blinking my eyes which always hurt a little whenever I came from the darkness of my father’s study into the brightness of our living room. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A bearded face appeared blinking at the foot of the stairs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stood up, looking, and then turned to blink back at where the rocket used to be. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye they were gone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked and her face smoothed out into a steely veneer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then Salmakia blinked and said, “What you say doesn’t make sense. The dead are dead, that’s all. There is no world of the dead.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It looked liked tears had formed in Papa’s eyes, but he blinked and they were gone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked and shook his head: this wasn’t a good time for spangled rings, but it wouldn’t go. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For the kill shot, I posted it and Crew Chrissie with a blinking red alert on the Brandywine Hollows HS community page, which the teachers and administrators checked all the time. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A flash of darkness blinks across the sun as the weapon screams over our heads to smash into the ground far beyond where we huddle. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped as Penelope’s skin grew paler, and her features changed so that when Ophie next blinked, Penelope was gone and there in her place was Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tyson stared into the pit and blinked tears out of his eye. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ivy blinked, trying to remember the exact words of the poem. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jonas had blinked, looked around, and then tested his eyesight, squinting at the small print on the identification badge attached to his tunic. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look back up at the eye and again it blinks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Cersei blinked at him innocently and took the parchment from his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He just couldn’t see himself spending four years running rats through mazes and checking human responses to blinking lights and buzzing sounds, he told me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In a moment, I’d blink and rouse from this beautiful dream, get out of bed, march down to the kitchen to eat breakfast with no one to talk to but Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked twice and shifted her stance, her hands on her hips. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They require little of Werner except to raise his arms or keep from blinking while an inspector shines a penlight into the tunnels of his pupils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Well, I’m on my way to the tailor. Hafsa’s outgrowing her clothes every time I blink.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It had only been a few days, a blink in my collective sixteen years of life, but I didn’t need to see his face to know soft concern would be there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He held them, turned them, kissed them, hugged them, cried on them, held them out again, blinking at the little old people. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a ladle in his hands and blinked against the bright sunlight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At the mention of sleep, a yawn forced its way out, and I blinked in surprise. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes are so wide, they forget how to blink. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A moment later, he blinks, and it’s just his usual chilly arrogance. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before Cherrie could blink, the fierce current yanked the outer canoe loose and knocked it on its side. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Leon looked up, smiling at Santucci, blinking away the flush on his cheeks, a smile like the kind an undertaker fixes on the face of a corpse. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camera flashes blinked over the parade, parents and friends shooting as wildly as paparazzi. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The fire snapped, making him blink and look around the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked at her with enormous blue eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the clock on the dashboard blinks to 5:26, a question pops into my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His eyes were pale and watery and he could not seem to stop blinking, but perhaps that was only the light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I blinked my burning eyes and stuffed the postcard back in my pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Several times they just stopped and lowered their heads and stood blinking in the snow, and it took us five minutes of beating them and cursing them to get them going again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabia reaches over and says, “I’m still proud of you,” and I blink away sudden tears. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye he was surrounded by Stark guardsmen, bare steel in their mailed fists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I turn to look at him, he’s blinking back tears. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After the two hours had passed, Pauline clicked the slide projector off and the class sat blinking in the sudden brightness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The girl blinked at her, and then thrust the bunch of matches into her hand. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There he sat, cross-legged on the floor at the end of the couch, a near-sighted guru, blinking behind his glasses. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I take in the hallway scene in the blink of an eye. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Piggy took off his glasses and blinked at the assembly while he wiped them on his shirt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As Pong leaned closer, the orb blinked once, then went out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He seemed ill at ease, and his eyes blinked nervously. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jessie touched the remaining wires to two small prongs coming down from an LED light, and the light blinked on. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t blink once, T. Let them have every one of those words like it was a fist. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The words in the ceiling seem to blink faster. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Little enough left," Osha muttered as she blinked down on their stores. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then, in a blink, the shaking stopped. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

For one blissful blink of her eye, Aru could catch her breath. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Matty emerged from Forest with a stumble, blinking at the sudden sunshine, for he had been in the dim thickness of trees for many days now and felt that he had almost forgotten light. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was getting used to the hospital blinks. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I watched the PSF let go of his arm, take her gun out of its holster, and, without a word—without even blinking—stick the barrel inside of her mouth and pull the trigger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could see fireflies blinking on the lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The lights of the city were blinking on at twilight. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That’s also when the man came out into the hallway and saw us, then the blinking light laid bare and in plain sight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Bywater's deep-set eyes met the dwarf's mismatched ones, and did not blink. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sefia blinked salt water out of her eyelashes and looked around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It rolled over in bed when he got home before sunrise: a green-eyed monster lying next to his young, inscrutable wife, but then Zizmo would blink and the monster would disappear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Flashing toys blink from the glass counter under his arms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I cannot bear their brightness and cover my eyes, which hurt from opening so wide without a blink. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one by one they turned and blinked in the pitiful light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He’d been asleep, and he blinked and said, ‘Is that you, honey?’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink several times and swallow hard to make sure. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her face falls, and she blinks rapidly a few times. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The four hobbits stepped over the wide stone threshold, and stood still, blinking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mundín's eyes blinked with surprise and hope that there might still be a way out of our fix. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So even though the blinking dot is not in this yard, or even in George and Emmett’s field, that doesn’t mean that Braviary couldn’t come by. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Link sits back down, blushing bright red and blinking. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sohrab blinked at me then, like he was fighting a containment breach himself. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked rapidly, sat up straight, and blew her nose. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It happens in the dark space between blinks, in the void between breaths. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I blinked and tried to prop an elbow beneath me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tucked it behind my ear, blinked, and slowly swiveled, the carousel music creating a perfectly surreal, magical backdrop. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Humpbacks and killer whales spouted in the distance, and the water was dotted with ice floes on which fat, blinking seals basked in the sun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She kissed his immortal nose, which made him blink. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And Mom got right up to go stick the blinking lighthouse magnet on the refrigerator door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The abbot leaned over his heavy desk, blinking past all the candles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He sat in his sandals and sweater, blinking, holding his glasses in his hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kelton coughs, rubs the back of his head, and blinks a few times, still woozy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He blinked, surprised, and then he looked up at her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She blinks once more and then turns her face so she’s looking at the ceiling again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finnick took out that tribute from 5 without blinking an eye. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the horse slowed down she blinked her eyes open, and they were crossing the meadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink several times as my eyes try to adjust. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He blinked his yellow eyes and said: “Please step across the room, away from the light.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Taran blinked and tried to lift himself from the low, narrow couch. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rapidly, I blink back tears as Leo speaks. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I blink the tears down my cheeks so that I can see her better. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had an uncle with bad eyes and the blink saved him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard, hating the tears that stung his eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Too often we are resigned to what happens in the blink of an eye. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her face is wide and open, her blue eyes blinking at me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ulysses blinked several times in a nervous kind of way. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Widget blinks, the surprise evident on his face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He blinked from the bright lights and heard loud and excited talking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She only blinks at me, her hand still hovering in midair. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now it was Mars Bar doing the blinking, stepping back, trying to sort things out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how many movies I have seen when the actor-patient suddenly blinks his or her eyes and then opens them and starts to talk. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eye from the tube, blinking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took off his glasses and held them out to Ralph, blinking and smiling, and then started to wipe them against his grubby wind-breaker. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As I blink and the first tears roll down my cheeks, I look over at him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My face pressed against the fence, I’d try to count the blinking red taillights inching along, stretching as far as my eyes could see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked left and saw Ron blinking at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He blinks up at me as I get close. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My father blinked, and his eyes were moist behind the steel-rimmed spectacles. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Except for the water and the blinking of the stars there was no movement anywhere. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tiny dim stars were blinking the night away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bambi eyes do not even blink What do you mean? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force my eyes open and blink tears from them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He blinks at me, then laughs for the first time all night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

George stared at that light, afraid that if he even blinked it would disappear, but soon he could see the outline of a gigantic ship steaming toward them. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked back the tears, but he didn’t move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then everything blinks out—the next instant, both Tremaine and I have struck out and regenerated a full pace behind the others. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A single eye blinked open, and the haint smiled, showing a row of perfect white teeth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I blink and blink again, struggling to wrap my mind around what I’m seeing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I say, pushing her hand and blinking the sleep away. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Connor’s cheeks were bright red as he shrugged and blinked his eyes rapidly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Minerva stares at me and doesn’t blink. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon the lights were much larger, and sometimes they blinked out as though someone had walked past a window for a moment. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Enoch blinked at her, surprised, then said very calmly, “You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kabuo blinked a second time and dropped the hose to the deck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gwin was still sitting on the windowsill, blinking uncomfortably at the sun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was agony to blink, agony to keep them closed, agony to leave them open. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t amount to much, though, and it was touch and go whether she’d have a decent funeral until Ruth walked down to Sonny’s Shop and stared at Macon without blinking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, it is,” said the passenger, snorting as he blinked his eyes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and her awareness came barreling back into her body. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra spent every hour together, and for them the two weeks of the voyage passed like the blink of an eyelid. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At night, blinking red neon outlined the muzzle, neck, and ears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and blinked and tried to clear the wonderful out of my brain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Heat swells behind my eyes as I think of home, and when I blink, a tear slips out. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His lips were thin and his eyelids seemed never to blink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked and wondered about the pain in my left eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But then I blink—and suddenly there are twenty. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Awesome,” he said, rocking in his chair and blinking his eyes rapidly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A boy two chairs away blinks behind glasses. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes and wet his lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sam blinked at the sudden glare and looked around apprehensively. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He jumped, blinking in surprise at the touch of yellow rubber. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At first he merely gazed at me, uncomprehending, repeatedly blinking. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked away water from her eyes and saw that the Rusty machine had landed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A plane crossed the horizon, colored lights blinking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The single overhead bulb floods the room, and he blinks in amazement. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Schneider is blinking and covering his mouth with his hand. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood blinking on the other side of the velvet curtains, in a poorly fit theater. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When the screen blinks on, I’m awaiting the famous scene in Cool Hand Luke when Luke finally breaks and everyone deserts him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders looked at me for a moment, and I saw the dark eyes blink, the lids going up and down like shades. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He blinked a lot, which meant he was lying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I don't even blink as she says: "Willow, I'm Judge Biederman. And I think that you know these people." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The old man never blinked, lazily waving his left arm, knocking Red's hand aside. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked in the sudden glare at the wide, dark shadow looming outside. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elevated subway train thundered overhead, making the afternoon light along Roosevelt Avenue blink like a failing fluorescent bulb. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The boy blinked a few times, then sat up abruptly and grunted like an animal, he and the little one suddenly yelling at each other as they gathered the cakes into their newspaper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I blink hard and fix both my eyes on her lens, which always makes me look angry, but it’s the best I can do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes and became aware that he still held the piece of paper in his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meeks tried to blink, but he couldn’t open his eyes anymore. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She curled her lips in between her teeth and blinked fast. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Once I jumped through it, I’d end up on the Red Planet in the blink of an eye. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I blink at them, bewildered to see the display. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He moved sideways between the young man and the sun, so that his antagonist had to squint and blink. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red blinking light on one of the cameras catches my eye. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His eyes reminded her so much of Rishi’s, she had to blink and look away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I blink as her face comes into view, my dad standing beside her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ash opened her eyes, blinking in the morning light, and saw the cook looking at her with her hands on her hips. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked at us placidly, his eyes balled and heavy-lidded like a tortoise’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The little clump bobbed about, drifting with the tide, then finally blinked from sight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I blinked, disoriented and scared, but I managed to tumble off of my shelf. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flames in the lantern went up and down and the shadows jiggled ever time you’d go to blink your eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expects her to blink at any moment, but she does not. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He blinked it away and hugged her tighter. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then in a blink everything at his center was at peace, and he could not remember if any of it had happened at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The orderly who answered C.P.'s knock blinked into the dazzling sunlight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when she pulled up her pant leg and I saw the black ankle monitor, blinking red in the dark like a buoy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He blinked over the top of his glasses at the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m right in the middle of coming up with a really sorry excuse when I blink, and Mrs. Walters’s facial features begin to swell and shrink. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t blink, holding her gaze like his life depends on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We knew it was the truck because one of the lights, the left one, always blinked when it went over a bump. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But in a blink of inattention, I would mislay the baby. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she blinked, she saw them—all of them—turning against her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She blinked furiously, no way she was going to cry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stared down at my phone, blinking back tears. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stumbled, blinking, back into the hot street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s on his feet in a blink and begins assessing the room critically. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at me, but he blinks first. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually, though, Herbie had the presence of mind to drag his sleeping bag outside and shake it hard; he shuddered as four skinny little water snakes blinked puzzledly up into his flashlight beam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stares at him for a few seconds that feel like eternities, then blinks a few times and seems to come back to herself. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I blinked through the snowy haze, once, twice, and how did I not see him before? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She blinked in surprise at the green eyes blinking back. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and blinked rapidly as she approached the furrier’s, where a harried-looking woman was pawing through chinchilla furs with one hand while gripping the arm of her young son with the other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in a blink, Ishtar moved to block the door. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then they were all outside the building, blinking at their escape from darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Harry wanted to watch Hagrid until he was out of sight; he rose in his seat and pressed his nose against the window, but he blinked and Hagrid had gone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He stared at us all sitting at the kitchen table, blinking as if he were seeing a vision. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They blink in confusion and terror at a mass of flaming candles on their Slammer cake, perhaps more candles than they’ve ever seen on one of their own birthday cakes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like my parents’ pods, the button blinks in a slow orange sputter over the nameplate. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I blinked again, the elevator wasn’t an elevator anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard to end this nightmare, to shake himself awake. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was dimly lit, but to their eyes, after so long a time in the dark, it seemed dazzlingly bright, and they blinked as they entered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She blinked again, and the currents of light disappeared. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I blink at her for a full minute, then shake my head and slouch in my seat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The man blinks and sticks his hand out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A bulky computer—one that looked like it was born in the late 1990s—randomly blinked on a rack. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked a few times, and then saw Ms. Udell motioning for her to bow. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The slave blinked and said he thought valley land was bottom land. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if the authorities caught you returning from transportation—if an old enemy, or an old friend with a score to settle, saw you and peached on you—then you were hanged without a blink. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Theresa had blinked a bit; the tape over her eyes had fluttered up like false eyelashes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked when he saw Jean Louise’s new figure, and he tapped Dr. Finch on the shoulder. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I drag my heavy hand up, taking the blindfold with it, and blink. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Father kind of sat there blinking, what with all the roots and shoots. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fireflies blinked in the thick saw grass near the edge of the river. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gift of tongues must be on the blink. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I sat up, blinking, staring into the shadows of the room, trying to see the expression on his face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that moment came, Kit made sure that his eyes, blinking half blindly from his book, would focus on her gay, silk-clad figure nearby. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Jules kept staring at the note cards and blinking, as if they might magically disappear while her eyes were closed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked, swallowed hard, and began working again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here, with my new glasses on, I can see the virtual names of streets and buildings blinking in and out as I move around the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chess blinked, trying to make out the familiar furniture of the Boring Room: the desk, the chair, the bookshelves. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stretched, trying to blink away her exhaustion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don't think Mom and Dad are blinking or breathing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the door to the staging area, and she blinked at the light and came out, pushing the bags ahead of her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth opens and then snaps shut, and then she’s blinking. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Meg blinked and shoved shakily at her glasses and there was Charles Wal-lace standing indignantly in front of her, his hands on his hips. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes rapidly to indicate assent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clydas entered pink and blinking, the parchment clutched in one soft hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Post reporter blinks, fingers faltering on his recorder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stretched lazily and blinked against the clear golden light, feeling as though she had slept so well she might never have to sleep again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling that touched his eyes and made him blink. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The one that got two blinks was THE ANCESTORS. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour and fifteen minutes until the lullaby of soft violence stops and she blinks awake. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her big brown Diaz eyes blink up at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He blinked a long, slow blink and faltered for only a second or two before he began chewing again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I struggled to my feet, blinking the stars out of my eyes, but Kronos had already grasped the handle of his scythe. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He splashed his face with cold water and watched the phone in the bathroom mirror blink on and off rapidly. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then nods, blinking behind his glasses. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The children approached the bird and looked closely at him, while the bird stared back with its dark eyes, and blinked. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Bran filled a fist with snow and threw it, but the wight did not so much as blink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I blink back the moisture in my eyes and stare up at the white ceiling tiles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And there's a blinking "ALERT" on the screen next to a block of text: The Earth's environment is currently bombarded by high-energy particles accelerated by a powerful solar eruption last night. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had asked, Would it scar? with the simple blinking fear of a fourteen-year-old. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cursor blinked on the internet search engine screen, awaiting my instructions. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Onofre stopped, blinking at the sheriff, his eyes lopsided and terribly fierce. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Infinity and zero are simply opposite poles on the Riemann sphere, and they can switch places in a blink. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“One of these days I want to have a long talk with you about it,” he told me, blinking his eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, blinking through the water- drop sun blur, the hydrant gusher smacking his thin, bare ankles. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It blinked once, then said in a quiet, nervous voice, “I’m sorry I hurt you.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When she blinked, she saw that she was standing on the large driveway of a sprawling white house. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple blinked, not quite sure what had happened. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His tires screeched when he peeled away, his taillights blinking red in the dimming light. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Victoria pursed her perfect lips, and blinked her grey eyes, and said, "Yes, Tristran. We shall be having rice pudding." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sudden tears threaten, and I blink hard to force them away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We riders of The Beast try to blink ourselves awake. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo heard the words, but they were spoken so evenly, so casually, that it took him a moment to process them, and then he could only blink. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mulch blinked a bead of sweat from his eye. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, blinking up at the ceiling. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jack blinks wildly at the sea, his face scrunched in concentration. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I blinked back the tears that blurred my vision. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ten million fireflies blinking on and off around my head, as if all the distant stars had come down to Earth just to say hello. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t move, just kept blinking at the wet grass. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tipped to the edge and watched the brake lights blinking on and off until they disappeared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His detonator was lifted and remained poised while Donovan watched and cursed and blinked the sweat out of his eye. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

You just stand in your sweaty shoes and blink a lot. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I blink a couple times as my head clears. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As she came abreast of it, however, it blinked, and the movement gave it away. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A present?” she said more clearly, turning toward him and blinking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Zeus didn’t even blink an eye when I told him my strange request. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I closed my eyes when you got in,” she said, blinking at him through her thick spectacles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then we started the engine and motored down the inky East River with the tall, checkered buildings blinking down at us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But Jordie didn’t speak, he didn’t blink, his gaze didn’t shift as the tide dragged him free of the pylon and began to carry him out to sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The horizon is a mile of blinking buildings. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stella turned back to her mother, who was blinking slowly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But if you have to go to the barber or go shopping for clothes after school, zzzzip— the whole day is over before you can blink. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe blinked away some beer fuzz that was making blue streaks across his eyeballs, and remarked, “You don’t even know what all this is about, do you?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the blinking cursor on the computer screen, and I type in my paradox and hit Send. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Turner kept blinking, trying to darken the bright white. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She turns her head to look at me, blinking mournfully as though apologizing for not making more of an effort. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The orange message lights were blinking on his telephones—all five of them. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mom stopped and blinked hard, which is what she does when she’s thinking about something. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He signaled that he was finished, the cameras blinked to dark, and the lights, blessedly, clicked off. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A large photograph of a sunken-faced man with long, matted hair blinked slowly at Harry from the front page. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Poppet blinks, looking up at the chandeliers as though seeing them for the first time, before turning back to Celia to accept the cup of tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I blinked in the sun and waited for my eyes to adjust, sneezing at the brightness. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The red message light is blinking on her answering machine. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Eh? What?” replies Uncle Al, blinking in surprise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The answering machine was blinking but she did not check it because it would be yet another variation of Aunty Uju’s message. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I just stared at the wall, my blinks growing longer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sits up and blinks his eyes hard a few times and stretches. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looked at me from the side of his eyes and I blinked twice at him and he blinked twice back at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I blinked the sleep from my eyes and tried to gauge the time from the position of the sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked furiously, but Polly could see the tears in his eyes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was still and looked kind, but he didn’t smile or blink his eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena blinked at the light as she looked, from high above, at the feast in the Great Hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Magdalys tried to blink the tears away but they kept coming. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As he looks across the river, he can see a church steeple, train tracks, and three antennas with blinking red lights. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then she pointed it at Prosper, who blinked uneasily into its light. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swallow and blink, and pop a lozenge, uncapping my water bottle and spilling half the contents down my shirt in a hasty chug. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I blink before too many tears build up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Father Abbot blinked solemnly over the top of his glasses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As usual, the lights were blinking frantically and she had her back to them, as oblivious as that ill-omened wireless operator on the Californian the night the Titanic went down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I blinked real hard and faced the wall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The old man his father blinked and stared and did not recognize the one who had come until he called out, “Well, and Elder Brother and his son and his sons and my sister-in-law.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When she woke the next morning, Kaede lay there in silence for a while, blinking her eyes at the early light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I blinked the moisture from my eyes and studied their faces. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Before any more could be said, Mr. Benedict opened his eyes, blinked a few times, and ran his fingers through his tousled white hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy simply blinked, then looked back down at the sea star and tugged again, harder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walked outside and blinked at the blue sky, sheer yellow sunlight, small breeze. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He kept his gaze fixed on the ground and blinked continually. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, even to blink, I see pools of red and white, like a blur that never goes away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I blinked back to the present moment as we pulled past the gates of Sahil’s subdivision. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There can be bonds of real affection, she said, blinking at us ingratiatingly, under such conditions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after dawn on race day, March 27, the first headlights blinked over the border crossing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked in the gray morning, sat up, and took my first look at Yazd. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He blinks, and I feel sort of bad about what I’ve said. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Aru blinked and looked up to see a wall of flames towering above them, blocking the cave entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hold her until I can blink the moisture from my eyes, and then pull back to look at her again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Fiona starts blinking like there’s too much light in the room, then says, “I...I guess my time’s up.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I stirred slowly one morning, hearing the braying of nearby animals, my eyes blinking open to see my parents staring down at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had a hard face and blinked so rarely that Olanna was disconcerted by her wide-eyed stare the first time they spoke. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The room is blurry, but I blink it into focus. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes wide, blinked, forced them to work and saw that he was on his back, looking at the stone-layered ceiling of the overhang. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she sucked in a huge breath, her eyes snapped open and she blinked, looking around at the crowd surrounding her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I blinked, saw I was still biting down on my fist, hard enough to draw blood from the knuckles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I came out of Wonders of the World, blinking in the sun, my classmates were all gone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she focused just right, and blinked, then it appeared before her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then he slams me into the locker and, before I can even blink, punches me in the eye, and then again in the nose. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And a rock in the middle of the stream, unrolling itself into a forest troll, its heavy eyes blinking ever so slowly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even blink, just sat back down and stared at the ground. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She blinked hard, tried to temper the growing heat in her stomach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He just stared at me, smiling, hardly even blinking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I blink and find my roommate staring right at me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As Ralph steps into the light, blinking, they are already breaking into a run. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, blinked, then read the letter again, counting as he moved down the page. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad’s eyes fill with water and he blinks a lot and I think maybe he needs to get those funny glasses Atticus wears. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be blinded by the light and kept blinking their eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blinks, like he was falling asleep, waiting for me here—then blinks in surprise, like he didn’t think I was actually coming. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When Aru blinked, she even saw a wooden arrow zoom across the tableau. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice, and then said, “We can always start with this ball.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the first time I tried, I just sat there looking at the blinking cursor until my butt hurt from all the sitting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Little flashes of light blinked out as the spirits sped through his blood vessels and entrails, crisscrossing synapses and cell membranes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, he blinked and took a shaky breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He blinks; he has to swallow back tears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s despicable,” he spat, and she blinked at the anger in his voice—anger that, for once, was not directed at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maria sat up, blinking at the sudden light from the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lunged for the nightstand to check for spare change, but the Iris-message had already blinked out, and the room went dark again. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This type of “accident” had become so common to me—sometimes the team manager would forget to include me on team emails—that I hardly blinked. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Their parents probably give them twenty bucks a day and don’t blink. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The traffic beacon at the top of a metal scaffold cast a fitful red light as it blinked on and off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Millions of raindrops rushed toward her, some pelting her face and making her blink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The TV is on to some afternoon rerun of an anime show, and I’m just sitting on the couch where Khalid used to sit, staring and blinking and thinking. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He switches off his field light and blinks his strangely delicate eyelashes in the dimness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It sat calmly, blinking, and the water glistened on its back. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked at me and closed his book. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Late spring sunlight shone through the breaks in the masonry and through the barred door, shocking in its brightness, and Scarlett blinked and covered her eyes at the suddenness of the glare. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I look down at my lap and blink a lot so I won’t cry. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He blinked at me and ran a hand through his sandy hair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then, there she was, like a miracle: sunlight streaming behind her into the hall, barefoot and blinking with surprise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Milo and Tock stood blinking in the bright light and, as their eyes became accustomed to it, the first things they saw were the king’s advisers again rushing toward them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa would not blink an eye, then he would curse softly under his breath. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked and stuffed her hands back in her front pockets. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The last words he says with a fancy girl’s voice as he stretches his neck forward and blinks fast, then laughs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She blinked when she saw me standing there, as if she hadn’t really expected anyone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had a fleeting sensation of eyes on her — Sidhean’s eyes — but when she blinked the feeling was gone, and the ring was only a ring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean to cry—now is not a good time to cry; no, it has to stop—but I can’t get the tears out of my eyes, no matter how many times I blink. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita blinked, fighting back her tears as she looked up at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I blink, my chest rising and falling because I’m struggling to breathe normally. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He winced as the nurse stuck the needle into him and blinked a few times to push back tears. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Stick blinked, then looked back up at Father. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked as far away as I could, without blinking, hoping to spot them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mother, Tanya, was a small, nervous woman who smiled and blinked a lot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob swallows hard—he really wishes he had some water—and blinks back a wave of...well, he’s not sure what exactly. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Varney said this smiling, but he was driving in nails now, attacking deep and hard, sensing that the man in front of him could not even blink an eye in rebuttal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink hard to keep my tears back. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

No pause of her fork or rapid blinking or twitch of a finger or small smile. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his voice and eyes made me blink. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I blinked deliberately, expecting my eyelids to act like lumber­jacks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom blinked a few times, and when she opened her eyes again, a teardrop fell down her cheek. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In a blink, he was swallowed up by the sea—and gone forever. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She starts tracing the bottom lid, and I fight the urge to blink. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Seven straightens up and stares ahead, barely blinking and gripping the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He blinked as though the snow hurt his eyes. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head, blinking demurely at the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I kept getting it in my eyes and blinking. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured the red, blinking light of Burton Prater’s phone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She blinked and looked at the frame as if it were unfamiliar. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I know that if I walk up to her, she’ll suddenly blink and turn to me with that fake smile. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“She wants to do something with her art,” Mom says without blinking. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You’d shake your head and blink, except you couldn’t even tell you were blinking, the blackness didn’t change. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, because I ain't used to such solemnity from Jackson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Wishing to acquit my honor, I stood firm and handed my musket to Slant, who blinked in soft concern. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He looked thin and pale, and constantly blinked his eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Inside the mountains is dynamite to blow up bridges to keep out invaders, and inside the mountains are airplanes ready to zoom into the air in a blink to keep out invaders. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

My message reminder keeps blinking that my meeting with Miss McDaniels is in exactly four minutes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and blinked hard two, three, four times. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There were regions, open to the sweeping winds and rain, which were yet lighted throughout the night with long, blinking lines of gas lamps fluttering in the wind.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t blink, but sat waiting for me to continue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden millions of stars blink above us, and Russ whispers, “I think the show has begun.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy stared at Taryn, her thoughts whirling and blinking like fireflies. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Osh told me how I stopped cawing and lay silent as a mouse when a hawk-shadow comes—I blinking up at him and he down at me—that morning when we first met. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My lungs expand, taking in the fresh air; my eyes blink. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He blinked and licked his lips nervously all the time. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Snag whips around my wrist, fast as the blink of an eye. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Usually those children blink or squint as if the light is too bright. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I blinked my eyes a couple of times ’cause it looked like there was a note on my clothes. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And over the heads of the crowd and down past the dark storefronts and blinking neon signs I saw a bristling band of about twenty men quick-stepping forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step outside, blinking against the blazing sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“He pointed one of his fat, pink fingers at Drake and laughed. Imitated Drake’s blinks. ‘Looks like he’s having one of his “seizures,”’ he said. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her voice sharpened and he finally blinked and turned to her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mama blinked at the sound of his voice, but she didn’t raise her head. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The camera’s red light blinks on, catching Lyla a little bit off guard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye he became a huge eagle. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I blink hard, as my friend’s words sting, and wonder what’s going on in my head. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Harry stared back at Snape, determined not to blink or to look guilty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Flashbulbs blinked and movie cameras whirred as Seabiscuit stood there, posing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry blinks, then folds his arms over his chest, back on the defensive. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Larson finished it, he smiled as he blinked hard, and he reached for his coffee to help gulp away the lump in his throat. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In downtown Kinshasa, where a lot of the bars have television sets, Mobutu in his leopard-skin hat blinks on every evening at seven o’clock for the purpose of unifying our nation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and the golden world unfurled around her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Eliza did funny things with her face, tensing her mouth, blinking her eyes a lot. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded majestically in her lap—she’d set her husband’s letters on the coffee table—and she was perched with great dignity on the edge of her chair, blinking calmly at her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gazed up at the fluorescent circle blinking overhead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, blinking drunkenly around the room, and I was so surprised and glad to see him that it was a moment before I realized that he had a gun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Archer started forward, blinking rapidly to clear his vision. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked his vision clear and looked at Radar. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly on, blinking my eyes in the chill air, my mind a blur with the hot inner argument continuing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled the light chain, and the bulb blinked on, revealing two more children crowded into the back of the closet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turning the corner, Francie saw that both doors were hooked back hospitably and she imagined that the large, bland dial of the swinging scale blinked a welcome. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so taken aback that all I could do was blink at him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every time I blink, all I see are my flaws. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"I think so," he said, blinking, though he had been less than a year old the last time Catelyn had seen him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In one blink, Time shrank until it stood eye level with Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They blinked weakly at me like pheasants that have been raised in the dark for soft meat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, I’m in the warm backseat of Dray’s car with Kasim next to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It did not sound like the kind of thing that he would say at all, and he blinked with surprise. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Death Danda, as if it were matching her mood, hopped and danced, then turned from a purple compact into an imposing stick at the blink of an eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was a blink, and I was just focused on one eye. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I blinked hard and looked again at the label. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The administrator didn't blink as she stared right at me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I look hard at everything, and blink, as if my two eyes were a Brownie camera taking photographs to carry back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s complicated, but he is, and also to the extent that Clinton is benefiting because she’s a white woman,” Nathan said, leaning forward and blinking even more quickly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, and I saw him blink his eyes behind his steel-rimmed spectacles. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jay blinks fast but keeps her eyes on the road. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Behind her loomed a burly cameraman in a parka, though all Mrs. McCullough registered was the barrel of a lens and a blinking red light like one glowing eye. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes confusedly, trying to focus them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then the patches blinked more rapidly, dulled and went out, so that he saw that a great heaviness of smoke lay between the island and the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is how it feels to blink her eyes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Now what?” said Harry, blinking at the solid mass of cloud pressing in on them from all sides. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, each time Leo blinked, he couldn’t remember what she looked like, and he had to concentrate to find her again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Septimus tried to blink, to clear his tearing eyes, but he had forgotten how to blink, and his eyes would not close. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeant at arms gave him a long, unimpressed look and blinked slowly, once. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And rising up from the shards of each broken jar—Zane blinked when he saw it—was a fine sort of mist. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He sees me and straightens, eyes wide and blinking. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes and stared at Mary’s face; it was darker than when he had first bent over her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on the floor, a human again—somehow back in my regular clothes, thank the gods—with six other guys who all looked disoriented, blinking and shaking wood shavings out of their hair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The audience murmured, and Arletta sat there and blinked and smiled for a few seconds too long. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I blink quickly, clearing the savage vision, a sick feeling settling in my middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Dimple blinked, hard, and tried to ignore the goose bumps that ravaged her arms and legs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had all happened in a blink, and all the while the ghosts were wrenching her out of the doorway, dragging her back inside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to blink the tears back when I see the terror in Tobias’s wide, dark eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Werner blinks up to see the Viennese girl in her cape descend through the ceiling as if it is no more than a shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His voice trailed off and those old eyes blinked a few times. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The crouching shape backed away, terror in its blinking eyes, and yet at the same time insatiable desire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Angrily, he blinked away the tears and set about tearing a strip of cloth from the bottom of his tunic. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Branwell’s eyes fell on that card immediately, and he blinked twice very rapidly. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his green-blue armor, the decorative faces of hungry monsters seemed to blink in the shadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her vision swam for one long beat, and she blinked several times before it came back into focus. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously the two little spies launched themselves at the other two, leaping from the dragonflies at their victims before Will could blink. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one blinked or came to her aid, at first. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left eye blinked with a nervous twitch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were hungry, gobbling up the words, and then...She looked up, blinking. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One night when he was working with Moore he blinked, shook his head, and stared at a figure again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after this, I really did see Eagle for the first time in a day, as it appeared as a tiny blinking light in my sextant. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the painting came to life: The dragon stretched its long neck as if waking from a thousand-year sleep, blinked a few times in the glare of the streetlight, and then looked directly at Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times, lower my hands, and stare up at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and suddenly the bald knight is sprawling through the dust. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a long time, she stood there, just blinking. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gruffly she snuffled deep in her throat, blinking off a threatening teardrop. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His hair was thinning, and he smiled hesitantly and blinked at her through small, round glasses which made him look a little like a friendly owl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He woke up in his aunt's bed, blinking against the white glare of the morning sun. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaltain blinked this time, unsure whether she could sag with relief just yet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finn blinked hard, trying to make sure that no tears began rolling down his cheeks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gran, I had to blink to hold back tears—Lettie would think I was crying because of her, and no way was I going to let that happen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked and stared up at the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She locks her phone and drops it on the bed. blinking a couple times as if to reset. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He blinked, and a warm tear rolled down his cheek. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tears spark behind my eyes, and I blink them back as I turn away from him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I followed her out the door and watched her tromp down the road, the pale soles of her feet blinking back at me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoner blinks down at the scene as if from a very high perch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked and sighed and came out of her temporary trance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another reader offered more money for a blinking graphic that showed, first, a long-necked model in a tight dress, then the same model in a floppy hat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times and focus as hard as I can on the only face I can see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They stood with the cigarette smoke curling around their noses and into their eyes without making them blink or squint. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked back a tear of my own. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looked at me in the moonlight, blinking his eyes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes at me all fast. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to blink the yellow spots out of his eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Just then, the lights blinked: Annette and Renee were at the door, bringing glad tidings of box office and bake sales. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young fella hears you loud and clear. He is going to remember to blink and look away every so often.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He has a habit of staring at you without saying anything, and, it seems, without blinking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wrinkles puckered his forehead; his eyes blinked anxiously; and he seemed on the verge of bursting into tears. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door closed and he heard footsteps on the stairs he would shut the book on his finger and lean forward, agitated and blinking. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But she might die!” she pleaded, blinking back tears. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At first blink I hadn’t been able to tell, but she was definitely a girl, and a little one at that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Its phantom brother seemed to leap at him every time he blinked or rubbed his eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I take it,” Penelope said, blinking, “that they are not your own natural-born children, then?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That single blink felt like hundreds of years and no time at all. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Keep blinking. They will settle into place. There's more of them in the toilette box, along with skin-color pastes," she says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I blink rapidly, trying to get my bearings—that skinny nurse with the horse face has dropped a tray of food at the end of the hall, and it’s woken me up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I try to get my bearings as I stare at the cross section of the map blinking with pods in every direction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Pong blinked again, trying to remember that day: Somkit’s weird coughing and his funny raised eyebrows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I scream and scream while he stands there, blinking at me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His mom closed her eyes for longer than a blink. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She wiped a bunch of tears away with a twisted-up hand and blinked a couple of times before she looked at me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then dark­ness came, blink as I might. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I’ve never”—he switched gears in the blink of an eye—“she’s always been like that. I don’t know why.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She kept her focus on the line as she blinked back tears. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I blinked the tears away and met his eye. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The lights of another plane were blinking up in the sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He blinked in the breeze that tugged at his slicked-down hair. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis asked, eyes blinking rapidly behind his glasses. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I say I’m sorry with my eyes—blinking a lot. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few days I lay flat on my back, hardly able to blink without feeling like my forehead was splitting open, and everything sick and black. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I blink again, and I see her smile as she sweeps my hair trimmings into a pile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After the semidarkness it’s ferociously bright, and my brother stands blinking as the image clears to sand and sea, a happy vacation postcard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not blink or shut his eyes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black blinked and looked down at the cat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He blinks a lot and swallows hard so the lump that sticks out of his throat keeps going in and out. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can we possibly move forward into this bouquet of blinking lights without detection? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We opened the front door and switched on the fluorescent lights, which blinked on, bathing the rows of lathes and shapers and drill presses in a harsh blue-green glare. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes never leave the blinking green dot, but Axel’s eyes go to the sky. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Frederick blinks several times, as he often does when addressed in class, waiting for his internal life to catch up with his external one. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she blinked away the grit in her eyes and tried to bring her unfamiliar setting into focus. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They could not move, but sat blinking and staring about them in the darkness, taking no notice of Blackberry’s coaxing or Bigwig’s orders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of Dawn’s eyes kept blinking at me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I blink in surprise as the adults in the room exchange glances. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The son stopped and blinked in astonishment at the children. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The windows on the ground level were boarded up, but a few random lights blinked on and off in its uppermost floors. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes, blinking against the light of the single candle she had lit on the altar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The woman wore huge diamonds at her neck and ears—they blinked and flashed even from this distance—and the man wore boat shoes and cuff links that winked under the recessed lighting. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Andeg preened his feathers, very glad to be so warm, bobbed his sleek head, and blinked his brilliant eyes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I force myself to ignore it, blinking moisture from my eyes as I push my board to its highest speeds along an empty stretch of highway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nelson squatted on his heels, his ashy eyelids blinking earnestly as he inspected Mother’s face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wild cart ride later they stood blinking in the sunlight outside Gringotts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He looked around, blinking, then crept to the window and peeked out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Within a few moments, Inigo was blinking under his own power. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She blinks those outrageously long lashes and sighs, a great whooshing exhalation that rattles all through her trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Franny looked thoughtfully, without blinking, at the ceiling while her hand was held. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The four of them stood blinking in the sudden brightness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The way he doesn't blink until he takes the photograph, just in case he misses the perfect moment. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I blink, and the violent red stains the inside of my eyelids. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, but he blinked his eyes a few times. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wipe it off on my pants and try to blink the tears away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was in Diego's bedroom, waiting for him to return with sodas; I blinked, and I was on the slugger ship. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, “If you could live an eternity and not change a thing or exist for the blink of an eye and alter everything, what would you choose?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pima nodded slowly, not blinking, eye to eye. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked a few times, as if she couldn’t quite believe what she was seeing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the song I blinked—at least it felt like a blink—and when I opened my eyes, I was back in the church. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cat eyes above the snub nose were alert, blinking and resetting their attention to the growing noise beyond the flats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She blinks a few times, her eyelids fluttering. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked hard, over and over, and bit my tongue and thought of Cheetah, waiting for me outside the classroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists sat on the edge of stools in front of tables loaded with electronic panels, dials, switches, and blinking lights. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls back a little and blinks some more, but nods. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sohrab bit his lip and blinked and squeezed out a few stress hormones of his own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I just blinked, but I got what he meant. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Christmas decorations still hung on the walls, and a few strings of coloured fairy lights blinked on and off, like a secret code. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I took a couple of steps toward the barn door and the blind girl sat up, her milky eyes blinking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My breathing, the journey of the drips of water that trail from his skin onto mine, the rise and fall of his chest, the blink of his eyelids. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio blinked repeatedly and smiled blankly as her brain scrambled to come up with a suitable answer. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, still blinking against the artificial brightness. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bells rang, whistles whistled, and chaser lights blinked. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon sat up and blinked, and then there was a soft thud, and the net man fell choking and gasping right across Lyra, who cried out in horror, that was blood gushing out of him! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked his eyes and lay still, staring up at the ceiling. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, there was this Frenchman who could only blink his left eye...” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night dragged on, the rain ending and the clouds scudding away and the stars blinking on, one by one, looking cold and distant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I couldn’t go from planning to sock him to asking him about being a colored Chinese boy in one good blink. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinks and looks down at his hands in his lap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As they left the holding room to pay the fine, Nathan took one last glance and saw those evil eyes blink and disappear. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Connor blinks and rolls over and stretches his arms, his small knuckles grazing the headboard behind his mountain of pillows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With a lot of gasping and blinking back tears, she crawled over to the wreckage of the stairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My heart would immediately race the moment I came home and saw the red blinking light of my answering machine. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

On the kitchen counter the clunky old landline message machine blinked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood in the hallway, under a chandelier shaped like a sci-fi UFO, and the police began to grill me right there under its bright, blinking lights. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

At dusk I watched, transfixed, as the lights of Petersburg blinked on in the west. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, and I’m back in the water, strength filling my body as I pull with everything in me back to the top. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Only his constantly blinking eyes gave any indication of his mounting terror. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I blinked, and when the blur gave way to clarity, I met the horrified gaze of a man wearing glasses and a white lab coat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He guided her to a spot behind a bookcase where their conversation couldn’t be observed by the security camera blinking up in the ceiling. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Orddu, blinking sleepily and looking more disheveled than ever, stepped inside the chicken roost. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tom bounded off in the blink of an eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tendai blinked to clear the cobwebs from his mind and saw a creature he never expected to encounter again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I blink a lot to keep my eyes from getting too wet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one blinked an eye at this: each of the men had a dæmon, Will saw, dogs, most of them, and that was how things happened in this world. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked straight into the woman’s face until the woman blinked and turned, running a little to catch up with the guests who were waiting for her at the main door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The door swung open and the sudden daylight made them blink. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Though he could not explain this to Lillian or his children because he thought it would frighten them, he wanted to tell them this someday: that pilots are killed in the blink of an eye. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few lantern bugs were coming out, their little lights blinking on and off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It takes me a few blinks to shake my dizziness, but once it’s gone I stare out at a large lake that sparkles in the moonlight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She blinks at me with her fake eyelashes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to blink away the awe, but she saw the way I was looking at her and smirked at me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hold my eyes open wide, scared that if I blink a whole river of tears will come splashin down my cheeks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He blinked nervously, and for a moment, he was at a loss for words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Doc blinked really fast, like he couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t take his eyes off me or even blink. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looks like they still sell the same old fare—popcorn, candy, and balloons—but the children also carry flashing swords, and other moving, blinking toys I can’t make out at this distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes follow him, though the snow-flecked lashes do not blink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She barely blinks, but when she does, it’s super slow, like her eyelids are exhausted. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I blink as the Tokyo Dome itself comes back into view, as well as fifty thousand spectators screaming wildly at the top of their lungs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looks down at them, flat on their backs and blinking up in the sudden, harsh light of the hallway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was blinking, her mouth hanging open as she stared at air. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now, in her bed, his wife Iran opened her gray, unmerry eyes, blinked, then groaned and shut her eyes again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After Ivy changed, Robin took the dress to the register and paid for it before Ivy could even blink. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a blink of bright light beyond the forest and the thunder exploded again so that a littlun started to whine. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Piper blinked the yellow spots out of her eyes as the god Achelous wailed and dissolved beneath the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Marco’s grin wavers as he watches her, blinking water from his eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Looking at it, Omakayas had to blink her eyes, for the beads were so perfect and the repeated pattern so compelling that the ferns seemed to move like little waves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My hand reaches in and cups a rapidly blinking green light. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Casinos encourage this tendency by making sure that every quarter that’s won in a slot machine causes lights to blink and makes its own little tinkle in the metal tray. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My glasses lay shattered on the asphalt floor, and I felt a sharp pain in my left eye when I blinked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tali blinked and let go of the wooden spoon in surprise, and it fell into the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was here in an aircraft that he had strange gods before him and his religion was a theology of wind and current, a worship of stars blinking in the intransient dark. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the barn wall for a while, and blinked and blinked, trying to pretend everything would be okay. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I rub my eyes and blink in the dim light of the ’tween deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We slow down so our footsteps aren’t as loud, and I look for the blinking light again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She’d whirled in her tracks and was at me before I could blink my eyes, her left hand gripping my arm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lies back down, blinking, staring into the darkest corner of the room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I blinked the rain out of my eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He blinks at them curiously for a moment, as if scanning his memory for a clue that might explain how he got there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They’re in an assortment of colors and blink at different speeds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I blink rapidly, and the dark spots disappear, but the world still swims before me, like I am tilting forward and back in a rocking chair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the whiteness around him became a shining whiteness; his eyes began to blink. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The young man jerked up, blinking, confused, the crystal of his order swinging wildly on its silver chain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The time and effort you’ve put into teaching her and getting her ready for this test, and ...” She breaks off, blinking hard. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He said it so seriously that she blinked, wondering if maybe she had accidentally struck up a conversation with a psychopath who had a thing for baking. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Second blinked again, and her pupils returned to normal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She looks pale, still processing the fact that our debts have been erased in the blink of an eye. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I blinked at Dad, not knowing what on earth he'd said. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And with that, I’m following him again, into a kitchen so white and bright, I have to blink a bunch of times just to be able to see straight. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I looked at Stephanie for an answer, but she only blinked at him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He blinked, tears in his eyes, and he rubbed at them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Naomi blinked when I said “dad,” but her expression didn’t change. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked, like he was emerging from the photo back into the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He who had been my benefactor within the College of Lucidity now lay in his sheets looking as vulnerable as a child, blinking at me suddenly in fear; yet he did not speak. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then, as his face calms, he blinks out of it, exits, and moves on down the street, the convenience store forgotten. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stared at me for a long moment and then blinked. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa walked by me without blinking an eye. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“FUG!” shouted Colin, wincing, and he looked up and saw her round, brown eyes blinking away sweat as she worked. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Harry stepped in, his head almost touching the sloping ceiling, and blinked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She does yoga and hums like a heater on the blink. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I study the blinking contraptions that are bolted to the dashboard, my mind racing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If Penny falls, Lidia scoops her up and hands her a toy with blinking lights or one that jingles; some toys do both, unfortunately. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the flight seemed to go by in a blink. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He blinked, like he was realizing I was twelve, not six, and walked ahead of me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Out came a skinny fox, about the size Pax had been at eight months, blinking in the sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I blinked to make sure I was right. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She blinked, her breath catching, for a moment unable to speak. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She righted it, stepping back, and blinked, pressing her fingers to her temples. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stares at my sleeping bag, blinking, like he doesn’t know what to say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Despereaux, gasping and coughing and blinking at the bright light, could have wept with joy at his rescue. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And with every blink, the molasses was rising higher. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

For an instant the sun gleamed in her eyes, making her blink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I blink and blink, but it doesn't gel. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the time she is done staring, blinking, wiping away tears, all without speaking English, our entire family has a sponsor to Alabama. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“What y’all doing out here in the middle of the night?” he asked, blinking at them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone in Faerie must be looking for him, and here he is, wandering around in a flimsy silver fox half mask, blinking at me with drunken confusion and swaying a bit on his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He said before anyone blinked, kids were grown up, packing their bags and moving on. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They blinked; and one lifted and dropped his elbows; but they stood firm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Almost every boat they passed blinked its lights on and off or sounded its whistle or horn in greeting. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She blinked back tears at the sudden pain, then locked her arms across her chest and lifted her chin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful blinked as it burned her eyes, but she did not leave. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The morning passed in a blink, and then the sun stalled at noon. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved an empty city room, just the blinking terminals and a few deadbeats like myself. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her milk cows, too, but they just blinked their big, peaceful eyes at me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds all I can do is blink at him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He had a snout rather than a nose, and bulging eyes that never blinked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Fadi blinked anxiously and turned away from the girl to watch his cousin’s eyes widen at the row of new releases. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I think this in a blink of a butterfly’s eye. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The barge glided past a tall tower that beamed blinking Gold light into the dark—the first orb light Pong had seen in years. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This time the sled had—and continued to have, as he blinked, and stared at it again—that same mysterious quality that the apple had had so briefly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I started blinking a lot and looking around, and the music sounded heavy like water. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and the history of the lantern swam before her eyes: the rough seas when it broke, where it had come from, images so quick and confused that she couldn’t focus on them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I no sooner had the sentence out of my mouth than Branwell blinked his eyes twice, very rapidly, and I knew he understood the rules of our communication. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink a couple times and Agent Fiona leans back a little, a big grin spreading across her face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I blinked them away like I had in the bathroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

New York must be its own planet, I swear, because no one even blinks. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The other stood by blinking the perspiration from his eyes, looking as though he might faint at any moment. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes blinked slowly the way a frog blinks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a knock on her door, and she blinked the sleep from her eyes in time to see Dorian enter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At first, Pinmei thought it was his hat, but as she blinked away more tears, she saw it was Amah’s special rabbit rice bowl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Huge dark eyes, full red lips, lashes that throw off bits of light when I blink. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I—” Joey blinked, coughed, swallowed, cleared his throat, shifted his feet, and twitched. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran the few toadstools toward the Spector Lagoon, and as she entered through the curtain of the willows surrounding the area, what looked like hundreds of red eyes opened and blinked at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and blinking, and it occurred to Emily that Maddie might actually be nervous about losing her bet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden sense of what was to come and I blinked away the tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all sit there blinking as she unplugs and sits down. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He sounded a little like Mouse while he ate, purring and blinking as he bent low over the steam rising from his bowl. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

At first only Dicey was looking back at her, into pale blue eyes that blinked behind plastic-framed glasses sitting high up on her nose. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young sparrow blinked her fierce little eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I blink to clear my eyes of tears, flip my hair over my shoulders, and walk back to the art room to get my backpack. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She merely folded her hands in her lap, rubber gloves squeaking, and blinked at him innocently. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The creature blinked hard and whipped its head around. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I'm afraid something will happen so quickly that I'll miss it if I blink. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I must have jumped about a foot, but Jeffrey barely blinked. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for her to respond, he looked over at the skull and blinked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t move or even blink that I could see. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I spoke, all three blinked at once. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked and straightened and shrugged the furs off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She blinks, closing her eyes against the snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beats and his eyelids blink and he breathes and his kidneys process toxins and he talks, and all of it utterly involuntary. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, her bird popped its head out, bright, and in the sound of everyone’s laughter it blinked with interest, cheerful, greedy, hungry, unafraid. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Magdalys blinked through the billowing smoke, trying to make out the rooftop of the theater. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Wikki blinks at him with the most sorrowful look a drone can muster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There he lay blinking up at the clouds until two Canadian Indian pickers pulled him out by the armpits. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every moment—every blink—is composed of a series of discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for intervention, for reform, and for correction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As for the monkey dæmon, he glared at Will without blinking, crouched ready to spring. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She blinks a few times, considering, then Isabelle comes up and announces that the regional manager will be visiting our store tomorrow, so everything has to be “zoned to the nth degree.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents don’t blink an eye when I ask to hang out at Nora’s apartment. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She blinked at herself slowly, but in the mirror she looked the same: unrecognizable. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t say anything, afraid I’d imagined it, but then it blinked a second time. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma turned away, but Genie saw her blinking hard. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She blinked at the wreath; it was so lovely, a crown fit for a woodland princess. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They blinked and shook their big heads and bawled. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eye, blue as the bay outside, blinked open, and the corner of his mouth crinkled into a smile. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All I want is to blink us into the bodies of the guys in the alcove. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Max blinks twice and kicks away a chunk of concrete that's come loose off the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I see a long blink and know she has no response for this, so I keep going. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He nodded at Colin without smiling or blinking or in any way moving any of the muscles in his strong, round face. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Tears stung behind my eyelids, but I blinked them away. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the wind pushed it toward them, men blinked and wept and rubbed their eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His father stared at him, his demeanor blinked on and off, between disbelief and outrage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed the dirt from her eyes and blinked, but there was still only darkness. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Walking up to the airport counter, I made a point not to blink too much. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Myrcella blinked at her and looked to her ladies for guidance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her great brown eyes opened and she blinked several times in a bemused sort of way. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele bent down and pulled a wooden cage from the cluttered space beneath her bed, and she took the blinking dormouse from her pocket and placed it into the cage. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They just sat at the table, blinking at me, their shoulders slumped like when our dog, Biscuit, ran away. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And that Ms. Wyman, I swear, wouldn't blink at removing your liver with her bare hands and eating it with a spoon. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked my eyes hard and shook my head. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She blinks a few times, clearly outsmarting me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I blinked as if that would relieve its slow, maddening itch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I am startled into awareness, blinking up into the unmistakable glare of fluorescent lighting. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You look...” he says, and then trails off, blinking a few times, not seeming able to finish. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were people looming over her—four of them, a woman and three men, strangers all—peering down, blinking, looking concerned. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emerging from the building, blinking into the noon sun, Hannah saw that Gitl’s eyes were dry but they still held a reserve of some awful unspoken anger. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blink is great value for the eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She blinked at him, smiled, and repeated the poem. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As his men herded off the captives at spearpoint, Arya saw Pinkeye emerge from the stairwell, blinking at the torchlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I walk out of the bathroom, I blink against the sun’s brilliance, but I know I’m glowing from the inside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“But—” I blink several times, staring at her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Spirit Bear never blinked, never twitched a muscle. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, the sunflowers had receded into the earth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They came out from under the bed, blinking their eyes in the light. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Now, on the witness stand, he held his hard-billed captain’s hat between his fingers, crossed his arms over his barrel chest, and pointed his cleft chin at Nels Gudmundsson, who wavered unsteadily before him, blinking. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It bobbed its head, blinked happily, and attempted to run its beak through Taran’s hair. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dormouse rubbed its liquid black eyes with its forepaws and blinked at the fading daylight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We continued staring at each other, like we were in a contest to see who would blink first. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could see the sun-splashed ground over an area of perhaps fifty yards from where he lay, and as he watched, the sunlight in every patch blinked at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was breathing slowly and deeply, audibly; his eyes were blinking. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a small noise and blinked, attempting to raise herself from the bed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Any lingering unease from her fight with Dill disappeared in a blink. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes at the glittering ice-covered stones and took a deep breath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how she didn’t cut her eyelid every time she blinked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked, and they were only men, rushing down to kill or die. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Audrey blinked to clear the sleep from her eyes, and tried to sit up straight. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He did not move; he stood looking up into the judge’s white face, his eyes not blinking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times to get the blurriness out of my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I blink and find myself standing there, staring down at a kid who is gasping for air and starting to cry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Which one of you was adopted?” people would sometimes say to her and Lauren, and both girls would just blink at them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She blinked and added, “I have highlighters, too, if you need them.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He waited for me to write it down, and I waited for him to blink. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, straightening his glasses, blinking in the bright daylight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mikaela blinked at her, and then looked back at the other table. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They didn’t slide left or right or blink and roll back or do something else like look at the door or his watch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath that was a map of the state of Washington, with a blinking red dot right in the middle marked Wenatchee. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bull Sparra blinked owlishly at them and yawned in their faces. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I too blink for nothing, as you say.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He blinks hard and opens his eyes very wide, like he’s peering into some distant world. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tears threaten to spill out again, but I blink them away and nod. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled over into a 7-Eleven parking lot and held my finger to my jugular vein while watching the : in the digital clock blink every second. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lon blinked, and the lights of the Illuminated world faded away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He watched the group of boys approach, and he blinked with annoyance. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She looked up, blinking away tears and her smile burst out again, dazzling as ever. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked, and the whole world flooded with light, whirling all around her in wide interconnected circles, up into the sky and among the stars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The flash surprised both of us, I think, and he blinked at me through the darkness for a white-hot moment before running off into the night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fiver refused, and sat blinking and twitching miserably. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his eye gave a blink, as if it had met something that either dazzled or shocked its pupil; turning, he said in more rapid accents than he had hitherto used— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lee began to come slowly awake, blinking in the blaze of morning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trudged away from the field, blinking against the afternoon sun, toward the locker room at the gym. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One blink later, the three of them stood in the parking lot of a strip mall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of us had to blink, and I had nothing to lose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My eyes grew dry as I stared out the window, refusing to blink, refusing to miss a single second of watching the trees and roads and cars and houses slowly grow larger and larger. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dino blinked twice, then wheezed and snorted, eyeing the orphans. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Maya’s mom couldn’t answer; she was too busy blinking back tears and moving to put her arm around Lauren. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He could see Phineas grinning in triumph, sitting up straighter, blinking his eyes in anticipation. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She said it bravely, with chin upraised, and she blinked rapidly as she spoke, dazzled by the momentous truth she had revealed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Petey blinked so rapidly it was like watching the beating of wings. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

May blinked a time or two and looked at August. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I blink, I see Rita’s sister on the pavement below the train tracks, limbs bent at strange angles; I see Rita screaming and sobbing; I see myself turning away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cain moved so quickly that she could only blink before he was behind her, her knife somehow now in his hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Confused, in a foul temper, I switched on the lamp and reached blinking for my watch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t blink when I tell him I’m going out for the day with my friend Rhiannon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The driver chirruped at the horses, and within the blink of an eye they were gone, and Ash was left standing alone in the dark. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked, his face a mask of disbelief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She blinks back tears as she reads the note from the teacher over and over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The words came out tinged with an almost malicious sarcasm; Isidore blinked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He blinked, his long lashes dipping, and she thought for a second he was going to nod. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She blinked several times, and her uncle snapped into focus. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then Rachel, our family’s own Queen of Sheba, blinking her white eyelashes, flicking her long whitish hair as if she were the palomino horse she once craved to own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flaps open a shade and blinks unbelievingly at the carnival below her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our team drone blinks in one corner, and when it does, a live broadcast appears across one of the atrium walls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She just stood there blinking at me, disgusted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was blinking hard now, like he could barely see, and I realized he was targeting by the sound of my voice. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sniffed back the snot and blinked back the tears. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes sat deep within puckered flesh, and he blinked slowly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ghost raced ahead of him, flying over the ground, gone in the blink of an eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Neither guy blinked at being instructed to join up with a reformed gangster who smelled strongly of urinal cakes to prank a former heavyweight champion prizefighter. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He motioned toward my armless area, blinking his eyes rapidly and barking as he did so. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A pace behind us, Jena blinks back into existence. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A glowing button blinks from deep within the hole. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a large man with a broad face and no hair on his head, and he blinked often behind his spectacles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he blinked and looked around: He was surrounded by mesmerized girls. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the work tablet she had been carrying, a request light blinked with an incoming call. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Salva blinked away the tears and took his first step into a new life in America. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam blinked at the silver-foil scroll that was handed him, upon which, in hieroglyph, snake figures danced. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both counted, his eyes blinking at me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wished I could blink away the liquid in my eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler halted his forward march but he didn’t blink. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They scrambled out of the boxcar to stand, blinking in the early morning light. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We find adapted computers, talking boards that speak the words, push-button systems, and even devices that work with blinks or head nods. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I stood blinking stupidly at her, the blood pounding in my veins, and my carefully rehearsed plans for a goodbye kiss forgotten, when unexpectedly she flew up and threw her arms around me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She blinked a few times but didn't seem to have noticed anything out of the ordinary. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I went from learning about Grandma to bar mitzvah lessons in the blink of an eye. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lyra blinked and sighed, as if she were waking after a sleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually my sight returned, leaving me blinking against the sudden brightness of the blue sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through the wide doorway of the restaurant, she can see the blinking rainbow lights of slot machines, and there’s the ringing and clanging of a win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Arm blinked and looked up at the doctor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Teresa crinkled her forehead in confusion for a second, but then a light seemed to blink on behind her eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself moving, on my feet and running for the door, to the others, to safety, but I got no farther than a blink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His blue eyes blink, and we look at each other. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open, staring at me, blinking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lapham had looked up from his work, blinked gently, shook his head and sighed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes still had sleep in them, but once I blinked a few times, I could see her clearly getting ready for her next job. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I blinked back the tears, and he smacked his lips together and raised his eyebrows at the sight of my face. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arm down on the table, blinked, and said, “What?” as if she had maybe missed something I’d just said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dimple stopped, blinking, wanting him to come back and pick up where they’d left off. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He glanced foolishly round the room, blinking his small eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked a few times and stared at the ceiling. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Excitedly I called Abbey’s name, and she responded with our pre-arranged signal: three rapid blinks of her flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ticket guy didn’t blink an eye at Trevor’s crumpled bills. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dazed, blinking, he flung the door open and encountered Brother Jacques whose hand was on the switch. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dazed, Ernest and the others spilled out of the cars, blinking in the daylight. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why is it that we pay for those things without blinking but won’t pay an extra dollar for a dozen organic eggs? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hrothulf had hair as black as coal and hazel eyes that never blinked. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama blinks twice but says nothing at first. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When he says Closure everything stops and I blink and look up at him and I squint because the stage lights are so bright and his bald head is reflecting the light like the sun. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink my eyes open to see if she is for real. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Wash blinked into the blinding light of the headlamps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked, and the world looked different through my eyes for a moment, thin and see-through; then I blinked a few more times and it was back to normal. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only way you can get the answer is if it comes to you suddenly in the blink of an eye. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I'm blinking because the light is so bright, and Freak is making a fuss and waving his arms and we hear the metal megaphone sound of a cop voice ordering us not to move. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the grass next to him, Lyra was moving her head about, blinking hard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps that light the zoo pathways blink on, blanketing the world with yellow light. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in Reyna’s shoulder and blinked the tears out of his eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stand at the entrance to the building, blinking, struggling to take it in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My eyes stung with tears and I blinked them away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I blink and look away from the house, down at my hands, my jeans, my book bag on the floor—anything to not look so sheltered. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The snake blinked, sending the opaque tissue upwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He blinked, looked around, realized what he had done, and retraced his steps, stopping in front of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He just lay there staring at the window without even blinking, breathing the chill heady pure snowgleamed darkness. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regally he blinked at his dogdom, sniffing at the high air. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her lying partway on the bed, partway on the floor, tangled in her sheets, her eyes open but not blinking. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She already has her cell phone out; it’s blinking at her side. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he blinked, and the Illuminated world rose around him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand,” he said for what seemed to be the thirtieth time, blinking stupidly behind his glasses. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She blinks again and opens her mouth in a smile. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When she blinked, she saw the Sleeper in the hospital room, wearing the I’M A DAD! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stood in the ticket hall, blinking at the signs for different exits. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tinker stay in the slick for an hour or more and then blink! The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She groaned, lying back again and blinking up at the gray sky. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stare and blink and shake my head. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jessie felt her eyes fill with tears but she blinked them back, pushed them back down inside her to keep her secret warm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Netbook blinks, and I wait for the thousands of bits to become the few I need. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I blink my eyes to keep dirt and splinters out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked away her tears and managed to speak. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I blink, Cabo fading away as the barren trees outside my window swing into view. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

In consequence we alighted at the little community of Milo, twenty miles to the south, on unsteady legs and blinking at the suddenness with which our circumstances had changed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He just woke up from his nap and he blink at me and smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Park waved at the girl, but she didn't blink. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just like me, she thought, and blinked back tears. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His big eyes, magnified, blinked and stared at us, searching, though he smiled peacefully. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was only when I felt Beau nudging me with his nose that I blinked and saw that I was lying down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He thin-slices some part of the service motion and—blink!—he just knows. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice level as I called out the first of the letters he pointed to, but I wouldn’t write it down until he blinked. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was so tiny that the deputy could hear me blink. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom seems to blink a few times and comes back to herself, her eyes focusing on me again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes and changed the subject. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last few hours, Annabeth had shivered, sweated, whimpered, and blinked back so many tears that her body simply gave up on being scared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maddie blinked her eyes rapidly, like she was fighting back tears. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Abby glanced at me for a split second, touched her mouth, and blinked. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times when I see Soojin’s mom walk in, and right behind her is Mr. Park and Soojin. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A blink later, it was in her hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I doubted my grandmother blinked once during the news show—even when there was no more actual news to report about the drowning. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Amari blinked to keep away her own tears and took the baby with great seriousness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam blinked at the glare as Redemption made sure the door was locked behind them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He blinked as the light vanished, lowered his head to his chest, and curled up on the straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They look up at the blinking red number over the window they are supposed to go to next. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

These are the weapons Pol Pot’s men used on their victims, victims like Pa. I blink rapidly several times trying to chase away the images. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I blinked in surprise, staring at the tiny profile picture beside these words, at the beaming, bronze-skinned, round-faced woman who missed me and was thinking of me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was so cold that if you were stupid enough to go outside your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times all by themselves, probably so the juice inside of them wouldn’t freeze up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a shout, saw a shove, and in the blink of an eye the arakhs were out, long razor-sharp blades, half sword and half scythe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She blinked and Bitter’s face came into focus, a piece at a time, the hard cheekbones, the bare eyebrows, the broad mouth pressed with a matte red. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her mouth smiled a little, and her eyes did not seem to blink. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked, trying to clear the spots from before her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Finn blinked at the boy in front of him, his eyes zeroing in on that famous Rude underbite. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I blinked again, and she was still there, right up in Dr. Hugely’s face! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When they do, I try to blink back my tears. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looked closely at Tom and saw that the lines were gone from his forehead and that he was not blinking badly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later he found himself blinking in the light of a big, airy room with wide open windows, all looking north so that no sun came in. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It happened in the blink of an eye! Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then. Get a move on!” he snapped as they stumbled out into the bright light of day, blinking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I blink again and they are the Candor again—though some of them, dressed all in black, do look like Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brooklyn stretched out before her in blinking avenues and cross streets, interrupted by the thorough emptiness of the East River and then the New York Bay. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She blinks, looking over at me, her eyes clearing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I wished to do or say something further, but he simply blinked and looked ruefully about the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I’m blinking furiously, like there’s something caught in my eye. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

John blinked against the blood in his eye. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I blink the sleep away, trying to remember the dream, capture it all before it slips away—before I realize what woke me up. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was a light at the very top of it that blinked red. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Volta knew this was a battle of wills, and the only thing that kept him from intervening, and ripping that dagger away from Goddard, was knowing who would blink first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He sucks his fist, taking in all of us without blinking. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and was surprised her cheeks were wet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine hopped a few times and flapped her good wing and then swiveled her feathered head around and blinked at us—but that was it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He straightened himself again, blinked into the sun, and strolled, whistling, toward the gondolieri who were still out trying to net customers at the base of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband stares back at her, blinking rapidly as if he’d just awakened. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, then stared at my coiled-up hair and wrinkled dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The tears just start coming and welling up, and I have to blink fast and turn my face away. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Fig blinked, an obvious nod to my situation, and resumed grooming his belly with steady determination. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Um” — she shook her head, blinking — “your server will be right out.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took off his glasses and blinked at them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They took it all in without even blinking. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it seemed to be asleep, but then it blinked and looked up at Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It only lasted a moment, no more than a blink, but V was sure of it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and a dazzling red light flashed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I blink and sit up, suddenly quite conscious of the two pairs of eyes on me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid saw an old, old woman jerk her head up, her little eyes blinking confusedly, a woman whose nerves leapt toward the sound anytime she heard “Mama!” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came out on the bank, blinking in the sunlight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Corner was a creepy car lot/gun shop with a small blinking sign on wheels that displayed a different Bible verse each month. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Aha!” she cried, pointing dramatically at Harry as she blinked at him through her magnifying spectacles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Something the size of an asteroid is a brilliant, blinking source of X-rays, visible over interstellar distances. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighs and turns to me, her eyes blinking like they’re wet. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and for a few seconds, Magdalys wasn’t sure if her friend was about to burst out crying or break out into a huge smile. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Who’s that?” he said, blinking down at them, trying to make out their faces. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I kept blinking but the pile of clothes stayed right where it was. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You think you bad or somethin’?” Maniac, who was now twice as confused as Mars Bar, blinked. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned close to the screen and blinked his eyes to make sure he was seeing straight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She rolled over and stretched, blinking up at the blue sky. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, and two men appear at his left and right, just as still as he is, but their faces are featureless—skin-covered skulls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looked right into my eyes, and she never blinked. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All three tourists blinked, and their eyes turned solid gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Merry watched us with blinking eyes and an open mouth. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The red light on Burton’s phone blinked in the corner of her vision. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It boomerangs back, just slightly, off the blinking lights and stone buildings around me, and I’m just about to feel sorry for myself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mama’s expression didn’t change, save for a subtle blink that was longer than usual. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Nero raised his head, blinked at me, and then cuddled closer to Georgie as if he, too, disapproved of my plans. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie stuffed another shortbread into her mouth as she blinked away hot tears. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The white woman is watching Kalinda too, but the next second I blink and she’s gone and there’s nothing but a dead rosebush standing where she was. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a face so badly bruised and scratched as the one still blinking back at him in the mirror with a dazed and startled uneasiness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mong just stared out at the ocean without blinking like he was meditating. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked away the afterimage of the flash, trying to force her exhausted brain to think. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel blinked to make sure she wasn’t hallucinating. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And then he blinks and smiles at Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The mountain lion blinked his eyes; there was no fear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why not, they blinked, why not, why not? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smoothed his robe and blinked at her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her head almost swam with the memory of their kiss, and she had to blink several times to get her thoughts back on track. “...can do that, if you’d like?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was like pushing a button in me—the kind of big blinking red button you might find in some sort of nuclear facility surrounded by warning signs and evacuation maps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I feel such relief that I’m afraid to blink. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We stood there outside for a moment, blinking in the dawn. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the couch, leaning forward, her eyes blinking at the screen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She blinks blinks blinks before shifting her focus back to the poster on the closet door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Despite Haymitch's order to appear mediocre, Peeta excels in hand-to-hand combat, and I sweep the edible plants test without blinking an eye. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stepped down from the bottom step and blinked in surprise. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She tried to blink them away, but they only turned darker. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I blink, I see the top of Al’s head as he carries me on his back to the dining hall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Little eyeballs blinked at him from the cobblestones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I breathe hard and blink harder, but my eyes burn anyway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The silence lengthens, and I remain still as a post, too afraid to even blink. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They finally left the cave well after dark, but the moonlight was so bright, Colin found himself blinking it away. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The lights blinked out before he hit the last button, and that spooked him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan stood next to her, likewise blinking away the brightness, and he mumbled, “What happened?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She blinked and looked toward the front window of her house where her mother’s form was already seated at the desk on the other side. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We’re above the world and it’s dark in the signal tower except for the lights that blink red and green and yellow when the man bends over the board. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I blinked in the midday sun while he waited for me to work this out. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of blinking bulbs lined the wheel’s axle and spokes, so that its shape glowed like a beacon across the fairgrounds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a blink, one combatant was unhorsed, the other reeling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

During the loud, furious parts, Spurge blinked and looked offended by all the noise. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He leaned close to the screen and blinked his eyes to make sure he was seeing straight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He blinked and sat up, heard the thunder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Florida heard Dallas moving around, she unwrapped her head and blinked at the soft gray light sifting down through a gap in the leaves overhead. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had to blink several times to clear her vision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t know exactly what’s happened or why you are traveling alone,” Cecilia started, blinking nervously as she spoke. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Several landed on his eyelids, and Cole blinked to drive them away—he dared not move his hand to swat at them. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The sky is lit up with streetlights, so I can’t see many stars, but I can still see the planes blinking overhead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking, blinking against the icy rain. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I got down on the hot boards, blinking my eyes again and again, trying to lift the curtain of blackness. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw it—the faintest blink of red light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We stare at each other, and she blinks, looking away to check the hall for nurses before looking down at the tile floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His bodyguard blinks in surprise, as if this is not something Hideo does often. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The limp hands tighten, the eyes blink, and with a deep breath she summons the infinite control that is Claire’s. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In the purple light of Diocletian’s scepter, the hollow eye sockets seemed to blink. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He blinked and at last said, “Sorry. Don’t know what you’re talking about. Just names to me. From what I hear, the Burning was a good thing.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soaring, I see—people, streets, police cars with blinking lights, a fire truck. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She blinked and came out of her vision gasping. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her suspicious behavior suggests that she has murdered her own husband— Phoebe’s eyes blinked rapidly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I blinked at him and tried to speak. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old man blinked for a moment and then comprehended, and cackled with laughter. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He sat an hour ever day and blinked and it stood to him in the end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the sight of it, her sense of the other world washed over her and Sefia staggered back, blinking. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pickett looked up; his eyes glazed with concentration, focused, blinked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked a couple times, because I didn’t want Sohrab to notice my mood was performing a severe Slingshot Maneuver. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They blink half as fast as my heartbeat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He kept turning his face from side to side, blinking, trying to make things out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pilot only has time to blink before she flicks Kasusu across his neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked a few times and passed his hand across his face, repeating, “I’m in the book. Can you show me?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each cannon could blast a twenty-four-pound ball that would streak through the air faster than a person could blink. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain turned, saw Tom’s white grinning face, saw him flick rock dust from his uniform, blinking it out of his eyes, grinning bleakly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes started getting all sting-y but I blinked them a bunch more times and the note disappeared. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

For several moments they stared at the car, their big eyes blinking uncertainly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tapped the blinking red light of Burton’s phone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The way she was looking at me, it was like she was daring me to blink. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore did not blink, look around at Harry, or indeed move at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, he blinked, allowing the Illuminated world to swim before his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head slightly, and her lips are pulled in, and she’s blinking and blinking. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s blink, blink, blink: I didn’t have to think at all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Emilia sat nestled in heaps of bundles on the back of our cart, her pink hat a blink of color among the endless blacks and grays. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not until she finally blinks that I can move again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times, and Mama comes back into focus. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Genes embedded so deep they control our eye muscles, so that two sisters have that same way of blinking, and boy twins dribble in unison. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw a boy in a red hat, but when I blinked, he was gone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked startled, blinked away some tears, and nodded, stepping back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Its head stuck out at a right angle, and its eyes blinked fitfully. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, dazed, as if struggling to go back to being her usual, logical self. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and in her vision she caught glimpses of Captain Reed fingering the necklace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The laptop dings and I blink, quickly pulling my hand away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked and focused and there I was, gawking, looking like the creep I was. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even as I blinked to focus in disbelief, I knew the vision before my eyes could not have been anything else but a dream. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Harry stepped forward and bowed low to the hippogriff without breaking eye contact or blinking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jack burst through the aisle as if he’d been shot from a cannon and was off the bus and down the sidewalk in a blink. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We squeezed our bags through the doorway and stood blinking in the sudden gloom of a low-ceilinged pub. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But it doesn’t change the fact that they blinked. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lili was searching for some kind of sign—a blink, a smile, a wink—something that would remind her of the man that she had married. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning I wake to find my phone blinking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The men sat on the hardware porch, not blinking or swallowing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Brian’s eyes closed to blink, they opened more slowly, and each time he had to fight to get them open. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her left foot bumped something just as her phone light decided to blink off. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She teared up again, blinking them away, and cleared her throat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Toby wiped a soaking lock of hair from his forehead and blinked the droplets from his eyes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was the long wait, the murmuring crowd, the timer blinking a new track record, and again, the soft whir of the finish photo slipping down to the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked at me twice, really fast, like something was in her eye. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Audrey blinked, like she was seeing me for the first time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Cherry fixed his steel-cold eyes on mine, and like a snake, his eyes never blinked, never moved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto the floor and fall on my stomach, blinking fast. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I blink fast—seeing her reaction is making my eyes fill up too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We blinked, and both of us started to breathe again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I laid them out, I explained, “Remember the story of the paralyzed Frenchman who wrote a whole book with the blink of his left eye?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must have. The clock was blinking this morning. I slept through the whole thing.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I think I found the”—bright fluorescent lights blinked on along the ceiling, making everyone squint “light switch.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I looked for a red blinking light that would tell me if it was recording. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Amaka blinked rapidly as she said good-bye, and I was not sure if it was from the gritty wind or to keep more tears back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard blinks a few times, looking back and forth between me and Angie, and then he grins like he is just getting the joke. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His scrubbed-looking cheeks are bright red, his pink eyes half focused and blinking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mask blinks, some foreign emotion flickering across his eyes—surprise or shock, I can’t tell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard, forcing himself to look up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He blinked again, but they remained fixed, no longer the dregs of his imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She looked down the bed and blinked until her eyes adjusted to the dark. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Salva blinked away the sleepiness and looked at Uncle, whose face was very solemn. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emaciated, dirty, bearded face: its eyes never even blinked. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hear one of his songs, and, in the blink of an eye, they think, Wow! Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She jumps up and hurries across the room, and in the blink of an eye she’s gone, leaving me with my jaw dangling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She clutches her hand, performing an agonized dance while I blink, fighting to stay awake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the space between blinks, she could have sworn she saw things swooping past him in swift, vicious circles, hovering above him, waiting, waiting, waiting... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You stick your hand in there. If it’s too hot to hold it in there for more than a blink, you got a medium oven.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked, and all of a sudden he saw her practicing, her movements like a dancer around the polished wooden floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cows came & posed—blinked at the Fire that had overtaken one of the Hills on Noddle’s Island — and continued their Progress. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Karl blinks, hesitates, and then a flicker of understanding passes over his face. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would have predicted that she would be one of the first that Branwell would blink at. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dwarf was blinking at them, blank-faced, with puzzlement in his mismatched eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally the train emerged from yet another long misty stretch into a red sunset, and Slughorn looked around, blinking in the twilight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and her eyes bug out as she sees my robe, and then they wander around, looking for my face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess maybe I had some sand in my eyes, because I was blinking a lot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice at Y. Then O, then at L...and I needed no more letters to finish writing YOLANDA. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, but that didn't hold back her tears. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He lay for a moment, blinking in owlish incomprehension at the light; then suddenly remembered—everything. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked and took a long breath, trying to loosen the fist around my heart. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He blinked at me owlishly, as if not certain he had heard me properly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ken blinked his eyes like someone coming to after a whack on the head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink back my tears, and when I open my eyes again, she’s gone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I just blinked and looked up at the glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She blinked and blinked; the light became white walls and floor and windows—and a throne. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My eye starts to drift, so I blink hard to reset it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The entrance was a huge neon flower, the petals lighting up and blinking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

White, red, green, and yellow neon signs—all blinking and flashing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked, awed by the transformation of her friend. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as I went downstairs in the morning, I noticed that the answering machine was blinking. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came into the living room, blinking snow off her eyelashes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I blink, momentarily stumped for an answer, and my eyes dart quickly to Ren’s. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By this time I had managed to blink my eyes free from the tears and I could see Pike squatting in the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The old dog grinned hideously in pleasure, his slanted eyes blinking strangely in the sudden light. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley blinked rather rapidly, then he too hurried to hug his son. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Frederick stands in the middle, panting and blinking his long eyelashes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked, forgetting Jon for a moment as he noticed how the photographer had captured a bright orange and black clown fish nestled in a pale sea anemone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Ash woke up suddenly and scrambled onto her knees, blinking rapidly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily blinked at James a few times, like she couldn’t quite get her eyes to focus. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Anya blinked a few times, certain he wasn’t talking about her house. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Connor shrugged his shoulders and blinked, but it made me happy to see that, despite being out in public, his tics weren’t completely out of control. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I blink to stop tears from falling, but a few escape and run down my cheeks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was and then it wasn’t, and even if he had blinked, it couldn’t have left his sight so quickly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And the old woman started up blinking and licking her dry lips, and she said, “I am not to open except to such as may rent the whole inner courts.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The puppy blinked—he had been asleep in the jacket—and Matty set him on the floor. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His glassy eyes didn’t so much as blink. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now this is how I like my work, Victor thought as he blinked into the low sun, while he stirred his coffee with a spoon that was far too small for his fingers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it lay beneath him, its wings and its body immobile, it merely looked up at him with its dark eyes and blinked. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I stay awhile longer and then go blinking into the daylight. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled forward through the tent flap and stood up, blinking, swaying, one hand against the bole of a tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked, saluting, wiping sweat from his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open and had blinked once before the high gong struck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes a few times and said, “Piddles.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jack and the white witch took off in the sleigh, and in the blink of an eye they were in the woods behind the sledding hill. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was so afraid I’d lose them, I didn’t dare blink. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a swift instant, between the gesture and the opaque glitter of his glasses, I saw the blinking of sightless eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights came back on, and I blinked against the brightness. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When they stopped, I blinked my eyes open and looked down at the photograph in my hand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard, blinking at the part in her hair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He blinked at her a moment in silence. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I blink hard to keep the tears in my eyes from falling, but I taste their salt anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, I dust the crumbs from my fingers and blink again to make sure the tears are gone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I blink, looking over to Barb, her eyes widening at the same time as mine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Using my pencil, I pointed to the letters one at a time and watched for Branwell to blink twice. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking her head, she blinked and tried again, but still she found herself floundering in the sea of hands, faces, glimpses of dark places. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We blink our eyes, and I look down at the guitar on my lap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The snow fell into my eyes, and I kept stopping to blink it away. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was short, with thin hair and small, blinking, gray, honest eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cole blinked and took a breath, as if he were awakening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

So easy, to feel them go down my throat: but blinking in the glare of my desk lamp, I was struck with a wave of revulsion so strong it was almost nausea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The medik moved aside, and Kaz blinked twice, trying to clear his vision and make sense of the absurd luxury of his surroundings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I blink again, a tall figure is standing in front of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She blinked, staring at him, but still she said nothing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the monster reeled, shaking its heads and blinking Wonder acid out of its eyes, Percy looked around desperately. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stands there blinking his narrow eyes at me for a long moment. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked, and streams of golden light rippled outward from the shadowed vessel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass blinked her eyes, just once, and Zooey instantly looked away from her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Emily blinked at James a few times, like she couldn’t quite get her eyes to focus. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He blinks at me when I walk in and toss the biology book onto my bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Oh, so now you need my help, she started, then blinked down at the boiling smoke of the painting, distracted from her annoyance. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Taisin’s body went limp, her eyes blinking open in the darkness of the tent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ron blinked at her, then returned the smile uncertainly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That night, Grace sat in front of her laptop, the cursor blinking at her as she tried to figure out what to write to Maya. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and tears run down her cheeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dared and blinking, he stared back at Dumbledore as if he couldn’t quite believe what he had just heard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wipe my nose and blink back tears and hope I look as sorrowful as I feel. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But she blinked and recovered, and said, “Was there anything else I can help you with, Mrs. Coulter?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Feeling for the golden streams of history simmering beneath the everyday world, she blinked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

You can’t beat the blink for the strong eye, he said. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked one wide eye, and then the other, before rolling both toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Theon stood, blinking back tears from the salt in his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy looks at the sky and blinks the way I do when I don’t wanna cry. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The central cavity of the massive room is so stark and white, I blink hard, thinking I must be in the wrong place. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He feels his eyes well with tears and he blinks them away. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She just look at me, blink a little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He shoves me and I fall again, scraping my hands on the ground, blinking, sluggish and slow and hot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was trying to talk to Link, but 1 couldn’t because I was getting bannered so hard, and I kept blinking and trying to walk forward with my carry-on. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could they be blinking signals to an invisible enemy? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything happened in the blink of an eye for the muscles that brought movement. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just as wormholes can, in theory, send you halfway across the universe in the blink of an eye, they can send you backward and forward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly someone threw open the pantry door letting the first morning sun stream into our blinking, terrified eyes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I blinked a few times and added, “They both work.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Big Dub blinked and shook his head, hoping to clear the static from his brain. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t make a move. Stood quiet. Kind of blinking. They took the gun away, and started asking questions.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crick leads us past the blinking blue light of the empty ration room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I blink into the brightness and the cold. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My throat closes up and I blink hard. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked, then pointed to where I had written URGENT. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father took a bite, took a sip of diet soda, blinked, sniffed, poured salt on his steak. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He blinked, rubbed his eyes, and took the sign from me. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I blink, and when my eyes open, a child stands across the room wearing a white dress. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I try not to blink, but nothing happens for so long that I cave. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her black eyes blinked and stared, blinked and stared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked and blinked because I didn’t want Babou to witness my stress hormones build up to a containment breach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Until that moment, tears had welled in my eyes, but I had beaten them back with furious blinking or distraction. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On the campus, students emerged from the mustiness of Suzzallo Library and the dankness of their rented rooms, blinked warily, and looked about for a place to stretch out on a patch of grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her eyes blink, and her head moves left and right as if she's having some sort of conversation with someone who isn't there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked as the light poured into his vision again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye he was off, racing across the broad, weed-choked field to vanish in the trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Music was playing on the radio, an old Artie Shaw tune, why not, and Milton watched the red light on the Penobscot Building blinking on and off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I try not to think of it now; I blink the tears from my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, even to blink, I see pools of red and white, like a blur that never goes away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For seven, eight, or ten minutes, or however long it takes, no blinking, no movement, my eyes open but as still as a rock. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a blink, he was across the dark yard and flying toward the main road. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he lifted me up, I opened my eyes, blinked back the water, and immediately looked up into Jesus’ stained-glass face on the large window just in front of me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He raised a solemn hand and blinked his bleary eyes. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I found myself blinking back tears and I didn’t know why. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was soft—softer than he could have imagined—and when he blinked he saw bursts of sparks like fire and gold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tally blinked again, but couldn’t make out the flicker anymore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was so near that they could see his eyes blink in the moonlight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bumper stickers and license plates appear and disappear in a blink. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All she could do was nod and blink, like she was afraid he’d start hitting her, but eventually she began to smile. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“OK. Here’s one: How many field goals did Erik kick this year: 233 He stared at me, and then he blinked rapidly. “All right. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did the tiny green light blinking on his tape recorder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was holding her head in his lap, and she looked at his face upside down above her, filling with relief as she blinked. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The larboard watch stumbled from the shelter of the forecastle, blinking at the brightness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cas blinked and looked at the guy who had helped her get this far. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fadi blinked in surprise at the next shot: a young man wearing a black turban standing with a rifle. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She blinked at the icy rain picking at the windows. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Moss blinked to adjust his eyes; he was next to a tall gray building, just beyond a chain-link fence with razor wire curled around the top. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at me and tried a wink that looked more like a series of really long blinks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The toad did not so much as flick a muscle or blink an eye. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine how his heart ached for his lady, his wife in tears; and yet he never blinked; his eyes might have been made of horn or iron for all that she could see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked and the world grew hard again, mechanical, distinct. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To get to the door, we had to make our way through the dance floor: sweat and heat, blinking Christmas lights, a dreadful crush of bodies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Van Helsing’s eyes never blinked, but his hand came out and met mine and gripped it hard. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I saw him blink his eyes a few times, his face expressionless. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He blinked, astounded, then leaned forward to look at it again. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But finally she blinked and looked down at her paper and said, “Okay, Albie. Here, I’ll show you how to do feet.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It won't be warmer inside or blink with lights or smell like pine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And Marin just looks at them without even blinking and is not afraid. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet her eyes were open, and she was blinking alertly in our direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a pretty but brutally skinny girl blinked heavily lined eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he touched her with the toe of his boot, she rolled over, blinked at him, and yawned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard several times, trying to get the image of what he’d just seen in the shack out of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye the boy had a boot on his chest and a swordpoint at his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She slowly let her hands fall away and opened her eyes, blinking as they readjusted. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t move or even blink as images flicker rapidly before me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Tristran blinked and reached into the tin bowl and took out a large mushroom between finger and thumb. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that if his eye itched, she might blink. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink against the dust, and my knees buckle a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For one second, the time it takes to blink, I imagine throwing my sponge into the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But in his blink, in that following silence, Buttercup had seen it all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head, blinking his eyes, and looked above him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked, trying to clear the dark spots swimming in my vision, but the other girl wasn’t about to wait for me to get settled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But up close, in the sunlight slanting in from the window, they’re a light golden color and so long I don’t see how they keep from getting all tangled up when he blinks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gwin blinked up at the sun, chattered crossly, presumably complaining that it was the wrong time of day, and scurried over to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He found himself blinking back tears as he told about the baby sparrows. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He saw it and blinked back into focus. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They stared bravely into the creature’s eye without blinking, and it stared back. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It swivels its neck and blinks its yellow eyes and in her head roars a single thought: You’ve come for me. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama was out first, in her nightgown, running so fast that she was across the garden before Anya could blink. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The reservoir crew didn't blink until he re-turned with the clearance half an hour later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked in the dim light like a startled chicken. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She blinked once or twice as if she were coming out of a trance. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked, and it was gone, and Sefia lay there dizzy and gasping, trying to focus on the black forms of the trees, on a single star, to stop her vision from reeling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Annabeth blinked, and Leo was just regular old Leo again, with his usual impish grin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes blink, she smiles nervously, peering to left and right, checking out the audience, and lifts a hand to fidget with her headdress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay back on the pillow and blinked up at the ceiling. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked, and the light flooded over her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He kept blinking and shaking his head, opening his mouth for words that never came. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ash looked at Lore, blinking slowly, for the wine made her feel as if she were walking through cobwebs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mayor took a short breath and blinked furiously. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A frog poked its head up, blinked a few times, and disappeared. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But now all I heard was a beetle buzzing past; up the hillside I saw a few fireflies blinking, the first I had seen this year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t even thinking about that!” cried the colonel, with his eyes blinking and splashing like puddles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then she saw something darker, colder, with red lights blinking in the deep. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I guess June doesn’t care that we do, though, because after she blinked a few times at our Jesus decorations, she kept walking toward the TV like everything was normal. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was used to fencing against boys during our school practices so I didn’t even blink. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He blinks a bunch of times and walks away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and her eyes were back to normal—or at least, what they had been before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tyrion blinked up at the dripping girl twisting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The large black raven sitting in the corner blinks at him curiously as he sorts through the contents of the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t even blink, just step carefully through the room trying to get to the open window, making all attempts to keep my feet away from sleeping forms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Apparently the body was trying to keep them from drying out, because Derek could not blink. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the blinking cursor on the screen. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This thing just blinked once and kept staring. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked away the burning in her eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There is a special light in the hallway that blinks when someone rings the doorbell. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I watch them silently ticking and blink back the stinging tears. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When the droning stopped we all sat up and blinked like disturbed corpses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dirt falls in my eyes so I blink that out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I blink away tears and sit down on the ground, right in the middle of the lobby. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I see him consider every twitch, every blink of my eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He could tell that reached her, because her eyes began to glisten with tears that she blinked away before they could spill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I blinked as the new lights came on. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Diana blinked and tilted her head as she studied him over the gun. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a moment as he blinked at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By nightfall he was able to walk over to the soft grass at the side of the track, where he lay down and blinked happily at his companions, wagging his pitiful tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They belong to an old man with a white beard, blinking into the light. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the center of a gray circle was a bright white light, blinking as it set itself up for another test. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Meeks blinked, looking from Reed to the chief mate and back again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas blinked, then rubbed his eyes, like something out of a cartoon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He struggled up, blinking and yawning and rubbing his left eye, where the skin wasn’t as scratched as the other side was. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the wicked witch was done with her wicked spell, she blinked, and Ivy found herself able to move once more. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She blinked at him for a moment, as though adjusting her eyes to the light. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But you would never know it from Aunt Lydia, who smiles and blinks as if washed in applause. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, try not to show I’m stunned. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He blinks at me, as if this doesn’t compute. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I blink and everything comes back to me all at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’d be glad to take your place. Slide you right out in a blink.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When she blinked, a tear ran down her cheek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watched him as he continued to blink his eyes rapidly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tore the book open and flicked the pages and felt them as if he were blind, he picked at the shape of the individual letters, not blinking. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to blink tears from my eyes before I can see it, what looks at first to be a group of dark buildings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pinch woke, jumped up rubbing his eyes, blinking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The cameras pan away from him to Scott, sitting hunched and uncomfortable, blinking in the light of the cameras, his face a twist of anguish. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon, with eight days left, I come downstairs, dizzy and blinking from staring at pica type all day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt something hot in her throat and blinked fast. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We both had short brown hair and bony elbows and the ability to stare without blinking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The picture was, of course, moving, but all it did was blink and scowl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I blinked at her, surprised by how confident she sounded. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stumbled off the plane, blinking and waking. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He ate a handful of snow, blinking the flakes off his eyelashes as he tried to face the direction the storm was coming from, because the cowboys had gone that way. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lay there, blinking, and shapes began to resolve from the dim. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I blink my eyes a bunch of times to give Lolo a clue. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When he touched it, he and his mother and Taisin shone for an instant as long as one blink—and then Taisin was clutching at the child’s fists, which were firmly clasped around the medallion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped and blinked at me as I came into the light. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the two blinking signs above the door. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He startled a bit and turned around, blinking at me like his eyes were adjusting. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Only a few moments later he had vanished completely, and their last impression was of those eyes, blinking in wonder, and a sigh of the most profound and exhausted relief. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Kvothe. I . . . that was the worst moment of my whole life. There was fire everywhere ” She looked down, blinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A blue neon sign in the shape of a camel blinked off and on above a revolving door. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“The command thing with Tyler was mean,” she says low, and starts blinking fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked at Annabeth, as if he dimly recognized her from my notebook picture. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even when I blinked, faster faster faster, bad didn’t come out looking like dab. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I blink fast so I can see him through my tears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The square little picture of him blinks at me, and when it finally fades, I'm relieved. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her dad walked in, scowling and blinking from the light. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move, except to blink when water hit his eyes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Pong rose, still blinking away the bright spots that danced in his eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the dark, I could make out the outline of her face and her large, round eyes blinking down at me, her eyelashes almost fluttering against my forehead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

From the partially reclined chair, Elouise clenches her teeth and pulls her eyes closed for a very long blink. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie blinked, her brain searching for an answer that wouldn’t provoke the woman any further. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A procession of uncles, aunts, and cousins followed as we made our way through the hall, parting a sea of applauding guests, blinking at flashing cameras. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chess blinked, then felt amazed that he was capable of that much movement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a huge chamber, the walls—half naked rock, half polished steel—lined with computer equipment, electronic meters, machines that blinked and flickered with a life of their own. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his eyes and blinked hard to try and wake himself up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of the Hill’s Guard stood watch at the entrance to the Hill, but none so much as blinked as Seven passed undetected. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes open, her gaze unfocused, and saw her stepsister, Ana, in the doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

June blinked at the drawing and ran her finger over Greenleigh-June’s pixie hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the lakeshore looking up southward at the hills I saw a light I knew: the blink, the white suffusion of the sky, the glare of the glacier lying high beyond. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on the Talbots’ patio, blinking in the sunlight, breathing in the smell of fresh air and danger. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said finally, putting the instrument down in her lap and blinking and sighing as she woke out of her profound concentration. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The warm glory of afternoon sunlight made him start and blink his eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one of them, Mrs. Clara Teece, came to stand in the dust by the hardware porch, blinking up at her stiff and angry husband as the black river flowed full behind her. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone clapped, but I didn’t dare so I did a sneaky clapping by blinking my eyes up and down real fast. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was delicate, thin, with a curiosity that unnerved the adults, but unlike the inquisitive and sometimes clairvoyant look that the colonel had at his age, his look was blinking and somewhat distracted. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ben blinks, “I mean—” I know what he’s thinking. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, raising his wand, blinking furiously to try and clear his vision, shaking his head to rid it of the faint screaming that had started inside it — I’m going to live with my godfather. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I blinked the blood from my eyes and saw it was one of the brass balls from the ring in the table base. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the ceiling and blink fast to keep from bawling. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Eye, who was brown, blinked his huge eyes, which were all pupil inside and no white. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They blinked slowly, twice, and then closed again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I can barely make out his features as he blinks several times, willing his eyes to adjust. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The whole room smelled like the rubber from the eraser and I was winking and blinking my left eye because it felt like something had poked the back of my eyeball. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two of his men stepped to the towering doors and pushed them open, and Cersei walked through them into the open air, blinking at the sunlight like a mole roused from its burrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A light on the camera blinks on, blinding me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a dark smudge against the distant hills that blinked in and out of sight as the road curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This was owing largely to the eleven years she had spent caring for her invalid mother, which had left her with some proficiency as a nurse and an inability to face strong sunlight without blinking. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The nutty curved beak looked as it if were capable of doing damage, but Archimedes looked closely at the mouse, blinked at the Walt, moved nearer on the finger, dosed Ms eyes and leaned forward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little red face moved closer, and tiny gray eyes blinked behind thick spectacles. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of the dark bruises, some as big as an iron across her back, lingers on the inside of my eyelids, each blink heavy with the weight of it all. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She plunked her library card into the fishbowl and followed the blinking arrows out the door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He waited, listening to the distant shouts—and at last the lights blinked, blinked again, and came on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woman said that he had been born with his eyes open, looking at people with the judgment of an adult, and that she was frightened by his way of staring at things without blinking. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I think this is the first time I've ever seen him blink. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

More and more of them came outside, blinking up at the blue sky, and many of them were carrying torches as though they had known what Kaede was preparing to do. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Matty sat speechless, watching the shimmering hands dart; hours and days and weeks seemed to go by, yet oddly, only a blink, an instant, of time passed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He felt the thrill of it surge through him, his eyes blinking fast as he fought to remember the idea in its completeness. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The difference is that one will be splurging and then play on a public course while the other will not blink at the price and tee off at a private country club. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And by that time the prisoners—a dozen or so men, shivering and blinking and huddling together—had come out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped them away with his other hand, then blinked again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She snapped back to attention, pulling herself upright, blinking, finding a smile out of nowhere. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wincing, I opened my eyes, blinking droplets from them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jay changed into his playclothes in a blink, and we ran out the door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at her brother’s burgundy Australia, the way it moved when he blinked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he saw Runt emerge blinking from the den, Pax hurried over to examine him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The handcuffed men, white-faced and blinking blindly, glistened in the glare of flashbulbs and floodlights. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later every demo computer screen, monitor, phone, and tablet blinked, and their displays lit up with the picture of me covered in paint wearing the alien mask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter if I couldn’t blink or smile. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You blinked sulkily in the sunshine that had briefly broken through the clouds. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me with no expression, blinking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m blinking and stunned, trying to catch Amelia’s gaze in the rearview mirror, but she won’t look my way. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He put the glasses back on and blinked his big, nervous eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neon signs blinked on and off in the street below, throwing pink, green, and blue mists against his smooth-shaven cheeks. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around, blinking in the bright light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Traffic lights blinked at the tops of buildings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and the world filled with gold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I watched him as if I were afraid to blink, incapable of looking away, like he might start another revolution at any moment. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The headlights illuminated the front of the house, and the hazards were blinking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I blinked in disbelief at how close he was. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I blinked and, for just a moment, the hands holding the spool were the chipped-nailed, calloused hands of a harelipped boy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

More red lights were starting to blink and more alarm bells were starting to ring. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked at her, trying to figure out if she might have a point. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lamp on, only one but enough light to make me blink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tagoe didn’t have to do the exercise with the Plutos to know the relief they were in for once they breathed out and blinked. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A pale, slender clerk at the register looks up, then looks away in a blink. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel blinked away her tears and tried to calm the thing inside her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The commander blinked a bead of sweat from his eye. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even stand still without wondering whether I was holding my arms dumb or worrying about whether I was blinking too much. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A long, looming shadow quivered in front of him for a moment; he blinked and Ron Weasley came into focus, grinning down at him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Cole looked up again to check the tide level in the bay, he blinked in disbelief. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A few tiny lights blinked from poles to the west and the south. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Places where sea creatures with rows of eyes blinked back at them from the other side of the glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Our parents were delighted when they found out what we could do,” said Eye, blinking in a slow, unnerving way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But, in fact, he was right; visits always seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which makes me think of the holiday concert and my slide fail and the locked closet, and I blink hard to make the memories stop. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had to blink her eyes at the daylight. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, blinked, but took only one step. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She continues to point, blinking at me with close-set eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had pulled away to go switch off the lights, but she beat me to it—she snapped her fingers, and the overhead light blinked out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby climbed up and out her front door, blinking in the early morning sunlight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And through my blurry vision, I blink up ahead, where Connor is standing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I ruined it with my blink, but he continued. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looked so pretty, her big eyes blinking fast, her cheeks soft and round, and still the roundness could only remind me of Alaska’s thin face and her high cheekbones. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Feathers blinks slowly, like this whole thing bores her. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z