For a long time, Soliere has been in one form or fashion blinking back, or attempting to blink back her tears.

This works fine for me already: Soliere smiles sadly and blinks back her tears.

This, I would like to see in verb form: Soliere blinks back her tears.

blink tears? blink sad?

If it already exists, someone spank me so I can try it out. 0:)

Love and verb festivals to all,
Soliere's inner hooligan
Naeia's inner rogue
Minniemae's inner grumpus
Nytengale's inner rockstar