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Examples of faint in a Sentence
Ligaya Mishan Melody Melamed, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
Abihai’s family papered West Maui with missing posters and chased down the faintest rumors of her presence.
—Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
Kyle Ellison, who lives in Kula, remembers looking out his bathroom window around 3 a.m. and seeing faint flames coming from Olinda Road.
—Brianna Sacks, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
Severe symptoms of the disease can include vomiting, breathing difficulties, feeling faint, appetite changes and unexplained weight loss.
—Jonel Aleccia, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
But that transaction would also likely end his season, and as Friday showed, the possibility of a return, however faint, exists.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
The old railroad town of Montello, the closest settlement to Zdarsky’s airport, registered a faint pulse.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
There’s a source of heat here, a faint scent of food there, or the crack of a twig as something moves nearby.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
But there’s a desire, at least from this critic, for the narrative to have more than a faint pulse, to leave us as Willie did his audiences — rapt and ready to listen again and again.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
Social media posts by passengers say that the flight was delayed due to an issue with the air conditioning system, and that at least one passenger fainted and required medical attention.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
Remarkably there were no injuries, although one of the children fainted and was unconscious for a time.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
In Rome, several tourists have collapsed due to heat stroke this week, including a British tourist who fainted in front of the Colosseum Tuesday, according to Rome’s civil protection chief Giuseppe Napolitano.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 21 July 2023
About 50 percent of fainting episodes among seniors are attributed to vasovagal syncope.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The sound of his voice — calm, baritone, sonorous — shocks Marie, who immediately faints.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023
One of the passengers in the car fainted during the ordeal, Shariq Riaz Khattak, a rescue official at the scene, told Reuters.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
In Greece, the Acropolis, which sits under the hot sun and offers few shady areas, closed down mid-day because of the health risk posed to workers and visitors – apparently up to 25 people have been fainting from the intense heat.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Such belonging is not for the faint of checkbook.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
In a recent video on the Buff Dudes channel, bodybuilder and YouTuber Hudson White spends the day eating and working out like Jackman, and soon finds that the Wolverine routine is not for the faint of heart.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
However, purchasing claims is not for the faint of heart, says Thomas Braziel, founder of 507 Capital, an investment company that specializes in distressed debt, which holds a large position in the Mt. Gox bankruptcy and others.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
But, don't be fooled as this puzzle isn't for the faint of heart.
—Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 14 Feb. 2023
The first half wasn’t for the faint of heart.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
This date isn't for the faint of heart.
—Janece Maze, Country Living, 2 Feb. 2023
This detox isn’t for the faint of heart.
—Claire Stern, ELLE, 15 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English feint, faynt "deceiving, false, lacking in spirit or courage, listless, wearied, feeble, pale," borrowed from Anglo-French, "deceiving, false, lacking in spirit, weak," from present participle of feindre, faindre "to make, fabricate, pretend, dissemble, lose heart, fade" — more at feign
Verb
Middle English feinten, faynten "to pretend, lack spirit, become enfeebled, grow weak, fade," verbal derivative of feint, faynt "deceiving, lacking in spirit, wearied" — more at faint entry 1
Noun
noun derivative of faint entry 2
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun
1792, in the meaning defined above
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“Faint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faint. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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