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Discover LudwigThe phrase "blinking away" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an informal phrase used tome an act of quickly dispersing or going away, as if by blinking. For example, "The snowflakes were soon blinking away as the sun came out."
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Blinking away tears she said: "I went to the window and there I saw him".
Several cars went by, their sleepy wipers blinking away the drizzle.
Ruqayah crouched behind a sandbag wall, blinking away the sweat running into her eyes.
So passively, in fact, that the TV set blinking away in the corner sometimes hardly gets noticed.
"That is last time I heard from my six-year-old son," Mr Hedli said, blinking away tears.
"Have we much farther to go?" I asked him, blinking away water, trying to keep up with his swift pace.
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Some were a blink away from tears.
Elderly women hunched in prayer blink away tears.
Her eyes were open, but now and then she would blink away tears.
The minutes ticked by, and the "0 Min" display blinked away.
A few people including Mr. Eyre and the film's producers, Scott Rudin and Robert Fox blink away tears.
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