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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
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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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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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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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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Ken’s role model for life was his social studies teacher, Mr. Goddard, who would openly bash the government and swoon about Constitutional law or Ben Franklin as a lone kid on a ship with a trunk full of books.
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REVIEW The good: The Blue Jays ended 2017 in a swoon (more on that later), but the year began with much excitement.
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In sum, after being shut out in back to back matches on the road, a return home cured the swoon.
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Kennebunkport, Maine When people think of swoon-worthy Maine towns, Kennebunkport is almost always top of list.
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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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