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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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 May 2025
Trump threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union and a separate 25% tariff on Apple products in early morning social media posts, sending markets swooning in his latest display of mercurial power.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Chad Jones, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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Verb
NBCUniversal and Amazon Prime Video executives must be swooning with every three-pointer that has dropped since the NBA conference semifinals began on May 5.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 May 2025
Trump threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union and a separate 25% tariff on Apple products in early morning social media posts, sending markets swooning in his latest display of mercurial power.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Noun
There’s the sweet boy persona to make the girls swoon and the bad boy persona to try and keep things somewhat edgy.
—Chad Jones, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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