Sentence examples for blip from inspiring English sources

It was not a blip".

Nick Hopkinson of Property Portfolio Rescue, which buys houses from distressed buy-to-let borrowers, describes the Nationwide's reported increase as a "statistical blip" which would "not fool anybody who is struggling to sell their home or obtain realistic mortgage finance in the real world".

No one in the Madrid side excelled, though, as the holders were beaten 2-1 in Turin, but Ancelotti believes it was only a blip.

Economists were quick to explain away the downturn as a temporary blip, caused by February's freezing weather and the shutdown of shale gas rigs as a result of global oil prices plunging (they have since recovered some ground).

Tuesday's trip to the surprise package Eintracht Frankfurt, who have stunned the league with four wins in a row, might show whether this is the beginning of the dreaded third-season downturn, a mere blip, or indeed the equivalent of last year's low-point, a 2-1 defeat at Hannover in October – after which Dortmund ran away with the title.

The blip was allegedly caused by Middleton's frustration about the prince's reluctance to commit fully to their relationship, earning Middleton the tabloid soubriquet "Waity Katie".

If not for the storm generated by the censorship controversy, there's a high probability that North would have barely caused a blip on the radar.

For Piketty, the long, mid-20th century period of rising equality was a blip, produced by the exigencies of war, the power of organised labour, the need for high taxation, and by demographics and technical innovation.

Wes Enos, the deputy campaign manager for former congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's Iowa bid in 2012, described Palin as a "minor blip" and said the speech was merely an attempt to reverse waning public interest and possibly secure another book or television deal.

The pair have been an item, with only one apparent serious blip in their relationship ever since, for a few months in 2007.

But that proved to be a mere blip on Fremantle's radar, with the lead ballooning to 48 points by half-time.