swooned; swooning; swoons
swooner
noun
Examples of swoon in a Sentence
Verb
She almost swooned from fright.
easily swooned at the sight of blood
Noun
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive tackle Chris Jones swooned over the pop star's viral appearance in ESPN's The Kingdom docuseries, which hit ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+ on Thursday, Aug. 14.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Few could have foreseen this type of late-season swoon from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Verb
James Comey, in a photo finish with a grand jury, was swooning over and quoting Taylor Swift.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive tackle Chris Jones swooned over the pop star's viral appearance in ESPN's The Kingdom docuseries, which hit ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+ on Thursday, Aug. 14.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
One possible contributor to the swoon was a study from MIT’s Nanda Initiative that warned most corporations are not yet seeing any measurable return from their generative AI investments, according to Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, global head of equities at UBS Global Wealth Management.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Few could have foreseen this type of late-season swoon from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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swoon
1 of 2 verb1
2
: to drift or fade gradually
swooner
noun
swoon
2 of 2 noun1
: a partial or total loss of consciousness
2
: a dreamlike state
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