How to Use faint in a Sentence

faint

1 of 3 adjective

• We heard a faint noise.
• There was a faint smile on her lips.
• She felt faint from hunger.
• There's just a faint chance that the weather will improve by tomorrow.
• I'd better lie down; I feel faint.
• His voice slurred and grew faint.
  — Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
• At first the blood trail was faint.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
• Bradley Cox heard a faint sound.
  — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Jan. 2026
• When the doors open, a faint earthy smell greets you.
  — Jerry Wu, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
• Stale air with the faint stench of a long-dead mouse.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
• Without sun, the glow can be quite faint.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
• Then, at last, a faint white glow appears ahead.
  — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
• Such tails appear much fainter and glow with a bluish hue.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Once you're set up, use your phone to scan the skies for faint hazy glows.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• All three have orange tail tips and faint pink bands down their backs.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Half a mile away, too faint for Merlin.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
• The faint crescent of a waning moon hung over the trees.
  — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
• The dream has to be pinned down, even though a faint trace of this truth still clings to it.
  — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
• The entire head is sick, and the entire heart is faint.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
• Then his mouth stretches into a faint smile.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• There was no ring on her finger, just a faint tan line where a ring used to be.
  — Patrick Albanese As Told To Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 22 Mar. 2026
• It’s held together by the faintest pulse of a bassline.
  — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
• Butts said the sound would be faint that far away from the stadium.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• But soon, a faint tightness crept into his left foot.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Scan the southern skies slowly for a faint, misty band of light.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
• The cards shuffled, the chips clicked, and a faint scent of stale beer hung in the air.
  — Julia Rafal-Baer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Grunion are known to make a faint squeaking noise while spawning.
  — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
• Grunion are known to make a faint squeaking noise while spawning.
  — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
• From thereon in, a pin popped the faint, thinly veiled wall of hope.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
• Fresh ground beef has a faint metallic scent, or very little scent at all.
  — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026

faint

2 of 3 verb

• He always faints at the sight of blood.
• She almost fainted from the pain.
• She suffers from fainting spells.
• When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.
  — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
• The man had a painful rash on his shins and had fainted twice.
  — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• Some devotees fainted at the sight of him.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
• The people on the inside could not breathe and many of us fainted.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 2 May 2020
• Mejías fainted during the raid.
  — Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
• A couple of fans fainted at the front of the stage, I'm told.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• At one point, a woman fainted and was lifted out of the church.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
• Sidra says her daughter fainted twice in the past week from hunger and panic.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
• His friend Hasan is dragged to the morgue to identify him, and faints.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
• When police showed up at the door with flashlights, his mom fainted.
  — Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Blood and vomit sloshed on the floor, and some of the men fainted from the pain and the stress.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• Most had fainted on the job due to the heat or witnessed a co-worker who did.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
• Beautiful pink satin fainting couch with all the frills.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
• In an extreme state, a low heart rate will lead to fainting or near-fainting spells.
  — Emily Shiffer, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
• The incident is not the first time a pilot has fainted while in the air.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
• The 9-year-old fainted as the men knotted the rope tightly around her wrists.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• Robb then appeared to faint and move toward the camera until the live feed was cut.
  — Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
• One of them, who was asthmatic, fainted.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• Once on board, the 60-year-old empress fainted from blood loss and died that same night.
  — National Geographic, 14 May 2019
• Rikki has wondered if her sister fainted or had a seizure.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
• The woman, Muñoz said, had seen people fainting from the heat.
  — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
• Light in body yet full in flavor, the mid-palate’s sweet rice and lemon spritz gives way to faint herbal hops at the finish.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
• Farquhar faced four batters in the top of the sixth inning, then fainted in the dugout, the team said.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2018
• One of the students even fainted after the constant beating, but the cops did not stop.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
• The massive amount of blood on the ice caused several spectators to faint.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• The plane only returned to the gate once passengers began to faint.
  — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
• The traveling snafu proved to be too much for the woman, who fainted at the check-in counter.
  — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 8 May 2018

faint

3 of 3 noun

• This job isn’t for the faint of heart.
  — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
• Some of the tech steps above may not be for the faint of heart.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
• This quiz is not for the faint of fandom.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• Taking care of him is not for the faint of heart.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
• If the faint of heart will not use fire, let flood do their task for them!
  — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
• Winter in this part of the state is not for the faint of heart.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
• Six hours and two venues in tuxedos or gowns is not for the faint of heart.
  — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
• Pass blocking and paving the road in the run game are not for the faint of heart.
  — oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2020
• Winter fishing is not for the faint of heart or the cold of feet.
  — John Perritano, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2020
• The comments section is not for the faint of heart or the thin of skin.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2020
• Being a queen is a grown woman’s job, and not for the faint of heart.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• The sausage-making of how insulin is priced is not for the faint of heart.
  — Danielle Ofri, STAT, 20 Jan. 2023
• The music of Fire-Toolz is not for the faint of heart.
  — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026
• Keep in mind some of these objects are not for the faint of heart, so take a peek at your own risk.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2020
• Looking for criminals on the dark web … is not for the faint of heart.
  — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Starting and running a business isn’t for the faint of heart.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Come hungry, as these portions and dishes are not for the faint of heart.
  — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• Broughton shares that the immigration process is not for the faint of heart.
  — Margo Gabriel, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• Python hunting, Crum and Siewe said, is not for the faint of heart.
  — Mary Pflum, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022
• For now, crypto is a pure momentum play — and not one for the faint of heart.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• This is not for the faint of heart—this is a long-term, strategic decision.
  — Sonali Basak, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2022
• Making movies in the middle of a pandemic is not for the faint of heart.
  — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2021
• The trek across takes anywhere from five to 10 minutes — and is not for the faint of heart.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
• Bringing back consumers to the multiplex is not for the faint of heart.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
• The runs here aren't for the faint of heart and can only be accessed by the snowcat (or by foot).
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
• The 2010s color-blocking trend was not for the faint of heart.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023
• The business of publishing may not be for the faint of heart, but the people in it are full of heart.
  — Laura Zigman, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
• The travel schedule in the WWE is not for the faint of heart.
  — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• The Texas power market isn’t for the faint of heart, but sticking it out could well be worth it.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
• Balancing 18 hours in the studio with a part-time job three days a week is not for the faint of heart.
  — Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026