How to Use blip in a Sentence

blip

1 of 2 noun

• The approaching ship appeared as a blip on the screen.
• The company's financial problems were just a temporary blip.
• Was last week’s sell-off a blip or the start of a trend?
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 25 June 2023
• Not small enough to be a blip on the map, a blink-and-you-miss-it town.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2022
• What Norvell has built has the look and feel of something more than a blip on the screen.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• The flying might just be a little one-foot blip off the ground.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• In 95 years, Erskine played 11 in the MLB; that's a blip.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2022
• But there are reasons to wonder whether the past year was a blip.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Whether that proves to be a blip or a turning point remains to be seen.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
• Whether Monday’s numbers are a blip or the start of a trend will, of course, take a while to bear out.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2023
• Saad rarely lets the Huskies down, and the error was just a temporary blip.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• What appeared to be a turning point, though, turned out just to be a blip.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• The decline might be a blip in the data, one that could soon be reversed.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
• These two blips on the nightlife radar were a signal of what’s to come from Think Hotel Group.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• And observers don’t see this as a pandemic blip, but as the way of the future.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• The total loss of output was a blip on the long-term chart of economic growth.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
• The first warning was a blip, a small anomaly picked up by radar scanning the skies over Ukraine.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• Of course, the blip on the radar is a 32-13 blowout loss to the Browns on Halloween night that saw Burrow play one of his worst games this season.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023
• In terms of the overall story arc of the season, this contest figures to be a mere blip.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
• But this season, the famous pop artist barely made a blip.
  — Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 May 2023
• For decades, Andy Warhol’s silkscreen portraits of Prince were a blip in his larger oeuvre.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
• In the years since, the red carpet has gone from a blip of the broadcast to a full-scale television production.
  — Emily Zauzmer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2022
• Will Dabo Swinney and Clemson show that their Week 1 performance was just a blip on the radar?
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
• In the first half of the recording, the background noise is interrupted by two blips of silence.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
• But the study’s experts predict that 2022 may just be a blip in the overall projection for wealth growth.
  — Time, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Wales Bonner iterations are far from a blip in the trend cycle.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2023
• For now, probably nothing beyond a short-term blip on the stock chart.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• Still, this blip did little to damage the market’s ascent.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• There’s been the occasional statistical blip—like when Gen Z drivers recently triggered a slight sales bump—but the stick shift is on the way out.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
• Yet every blip counts in the two giants’ competition for influence across South Asia, and that has set the Maldives on a zigzagging course between them.
  — Maahil Mohamed Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024

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blip

2 of 2 verb

• And much else that was blipped out from the live telecast.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
• But during the last stretch of descent on September 7, just a mile above the lunar surface, the probe blipped out of radio contact.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 5 Dec. 2019
• Peter’s new romantic rival, Brad Davis (Remy Hii), was still a lame tween when his current classmates blipped away.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• Excluding defense, durable goods orders blipped up just 0.1%.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• The songs strutted and blipped like bubble gum pop grown colossal, carrying glum lyrics like trophies and building up to gleeful, overwhelming drum barrages.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 June 2017
• And utilizing the paddle shifters delivers a pleasingly raucous note — blipping the throttle during downshifts — when set in the Sport+ setting of the Drive Mode Select knob.
  — Arv Voss, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that inflation may blip up a bit, due to the economy’s reopening, then settle down.
  — Larry Light, Forbes, 15 May 2021
• And as independent filmmakers blipped off the map, acting roles for women became few and far between, while producing and directing roles all but disappeared.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• The package will only be available on GT coupes and convertibles equipped with six-speed manual transmissions, which get a rev-matching function for 2019 that smooths gear changes by automatically blipping the throttle on downshifts.
  — Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018
• And much else that was blipped out from the live telecast.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
• But during the last stretch of descent on September 7, just a mile above the lunar surface, the probe blipped out of radio contact.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 5 Dec. 2019
• Peter’s new romantic rival, Brad Davis (Remy Hii), was still a lame tween when his current classmates blipped away.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• Excluding defense, durable goods orders blipped up just 0.1%.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• The songs strutted and blipped like bubble gum pop grown colossal, carrying glum lyrics like trophies and building up to gleeful, overwhelming drum barrages.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 June 2017
• And utilizing the paddle shifters delivers a pleasingly raucous note — blipping the throttle during downshifts — when set in the Sport+ setting of the Drive Mode Select knob.
  — Arv Voss, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that inflation may blip up a bit, due to the economy’s reopening, then settle down.
  — Larry Light, Forbes, 15 May 2021
• And as independent filmmakers blipped off the map, acting roles for women became few and far between, while producing and directing roles all but disappeared.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
• The package will only be available on GT coupes and convertibles equipped with six-speed manual transmissions, which get a rev-matching function for 2019 that smooths gear changes by automatically blipping the throttle on downshifts.
  — Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018

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