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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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Last year, amid the company’s swooning stock price and asset write-downs, Zaslav was awarded $51 million in compensation.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2025
Or that the Yankees, annually plagued by summer swoons, are 18-23 since June 6.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
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Verb
It's been 21 years, but Chad Michael Murray is still head over heels for Hilary Duff, his costar in the swooning teen romance.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Last year, amid the company’s swooning stock price and asset write-downs, Zaslav was awarded $51 million in compensation.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Noun
Now the actor is set to once again make the audience swoon and possibly cry in Netflix’s My Oxford Year.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2025
Or that the Yankees, annually plagued by summer swoons, are 18-23 since June 6.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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