As she shifted, heaving, between these two positions, he caught glimpses of her face, contorted, wet, until finally she sat silent a moment, chin on steering wheel, watery eyes blinking in the happy sun.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian

With almost voyeuristic minuteness he has found out that when a body is deprived of water, the lips shrink as if amputated, the gums blacken, the nose withers to half its length, and the skin so contracts round the eyes as to prevent blinking.

ECONOMIST: The cannibalism of the sea

Botox has been approved to treat people with muscle-control disorders, such as uncontrollable blinking and crossed eyes, since 1989.

FORBES: Smooth Operator

Engineers could control which bits of the eyes were illuminated in a specific colour, to make the toy appear as if it was rolling its eyeballs, blinking, or showing two small throbbing hearts.

BBC: Disney develops 3D-printed lighting for toys