"Just a moment," the clerk said, and blinked, accessing the legation's internal database.

The clerk stared at him, blinked, cleared his throat, and said nothing.

The clerk took a step back and blinked.

The clerk blinked and was still for a moment and then said, "I have no knowledge of this person."

The old clerk blinked, put down the magnum, and went out.

And what does it mean that a clerk at the wireless store did not even blink when asked for a solid, good-for-hurling device?

The clerk blinked at him like an owl, his spectacles in his hand.

The clerk blinked and then decided to laugh.

The clerk blinked and stood up straight.

The clerk blinked but he jotted the order down on his pad and went out onto the main floor where the other ebrokers were gathering.