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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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
And The Life of a Showgirl finds Swift on cloud 9, swooning over her future with a fiancé and her present, infinite success.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2025
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Perched on the exclusive Biscayne Point, the estate spans two lots and offers 150 feet of open bay frontage, sweeping water views, and the kind of privacy that makes celebrities and moguls swoon.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Los Angeles has the venerable Griffith Observatory, the scene of James Dean's knife fight in 1955's Rebel Without A Cause and where swooning lovers swayed among stars in 2016's La La Land.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
And The Life of a Showgirl finds Swift on cloud 9, swooning over her future with a fiancé and her present, infinite success.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
What truly hampers Regretting You is its inescapable unoriginality, its plodding, uninventive, unthoughtful attempts at swoon and heartbreak.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Perched on the exclusive Biscayne Point, the estate spans two lots and offers 150 feet of open bay frontage, sweeping water views, and the kind of privacy that makes celebrities and moguls swoon.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 24 Oct. 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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