Eyeblinks

Rather than being set a hundred or two hundred years hence, and rather than dealing with astronauts and implacable alien artefacts, The City slams us billions of years into the future, telescoping entire aeons and ages into mere eyeblinks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Weapons controlled by more minor human movements - eyeblinks, waves, etc? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The battle at the end is over in about two eyeblinks. ❋ Blue Tyson (2007)

It's important to note that this is a published abstract, not a full paper, so it is difficult to evaluate the methods used, though presumably they involved counting eyeblinks. ❋ Josh (2008)

He's got a lifetime of mouse-clicking and typing ahead of him (or eyeblinks and voice recognition, if you're feeling futuristic), so why rush things? ❋ Unknown (2008)

I swore I never took my eyes off her, and yet the next moment, between eyeblinks, she had blended in with the snow and was gone. ❋ PETER DAVID (2001)

Incredibly, he had moved like a striking snake, his every movement preplanned-all this had taken place in the space of a few eyeblinks. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1998)

They've been eyeblinks away from each other's throats for years, and the only thing that has kept them from taking each other on, is that Kavin is essentially a coward. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1988)

Three eyeblinks later the wall was normal again in every way, but I was trembling. ❋ Zelazny, Roger (1986)

The eyeblinks are particularly interesting because whereas rapid blinking suggests nervousness, fewer blinks are a sign of cognitive load, Vrij explains-and contrary to what police are taught, liars tend to blink less. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seemed sure to fail, this crazy strategy of spotting the fastest men on the planet the lead in a race that was over in a few eyeblinks.

They will take care of you, and then he was out the door, his long legs carrying him so rapidly that Shelby felt as if he’d vanished between eyeblinks. ❋ Peter David (1997)