Definition of swoon
swooner
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Examples of swoon in a Sentence
She almost swooned from fright.
whenever the young woman swooned, she always seemed to manage falling into the arms of a good-looking man
Recent Examples of swoon from the Web
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His appearance was a polarizing moment for fans of the HBO drama, with some taking to Twitter to swoon over the cameo and others expressing their frustration that he wasn't killed off in classic Thrones style.
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SHANGHAI — Leave it to other countries to soar and swoon in their quarterly economic performance.
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As if Twitter needed another reason to swoon over the former Vice President of the United States, this time Biden is back on everyone’s twitter feed because of a kiss.
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A Detective Novels Magazine cover from October 1943 shows a gun-toting gangster clutching a woman who has swooned in a dead faint.
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And Margot Kidder’s winning Lois adroitly pivoted, again and again, from needling Clark’s vulnerabilities to swooning over Supes.
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By the time the drums kicked in, the audience was already swooning.
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Both portfolios swooned of course, but the SRI portfolio held ground better, dipping 17 percent less.
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Ex-Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson has critics swooning over his tenacious turn as a robber on the run in Ben and Joshua Safdies’ Good Time, which premiered at the fest Thursday.
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Origin and Etymology of swoon
Middle English swounen, probably back-formation from swouning, swowening, from iswowen, aswoune, from Old English geswōgen in a swoon
Examples of swoon in a Sentence
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
fell into a swoon at the sight of the handsome movie star
Recent Examples of swoon from the Web
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Last night at the New York Premiere, Styles brought his swoon-worthy swagger to the spotlight in a Calvin Klein ensemble yet again.
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This shouldn't be entirely unexpected; her latest red-carpet outings, from May's Met Ball to the February Grammy's, have all been swoon-worthy style moments for the superstar as well.
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Over the past four weeks, a stretch that pretty tidily coincides with the Orioles’ team-wide swoon, nine pitchers have made their first starts against the Orioles.
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After forming on La Banda in December 2015, CNCO has taken the Latin music scene by storm with their swoon-worthy voices and good looks…
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This R&B and hip-hop artist has a way of making listeners swoon, and with six solo albums to his credit, Tyrese has plenty of material for a satisfying setlist.
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Order at the counter, grab your plastic cutlery and prepare to swoon.
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Fed set to hike rates, deluge of Chinese data on deck, and U.S. tech swoon stops.
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Two interest-rate cuts in 2015, taking the policy rate to a near-record low of 0.50%, has helped the economy adjust to the oil-price shock and the economic drag posed by the commodity-price swoon...
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First Known Use of swoon
13th century
SWOON Defined for English Language Learners
swoon
playDefinition of swoon for English Language Learners
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: to become very excited about someone or something
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: to suddenly become unconscious
SWOON Defined for Kids
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