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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Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Watching a television broadcast from 1994 and swooning at the fuzzy beauty of it all, though?
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
The Padres are losing far more often over the last two weeks (11 of 13 entering Monday), but Padres manager Craig Stammen pushed back against the notion that a cumulative effect of mounting injuries has contributed to the team’s swoon.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
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Verb
Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein's new Netflix rom-com will leave you swooning for more.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Watching a television broadcast from 1994 and swooning at the fuzzy beauty of it all, though?
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Noun
Amazon Prime Video has become the go-to spot for seeing your favorite swoon-worthy romance novels come to life.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
The Padres are losing far more often over the last two weeks (11 of 13 entering Monday), but Padres manager Craig Stammen pushed back against the notion that a cumulative effect of mounting injuries has contributed to the team’s swoon.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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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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