fainted

past tense of faint
as in collapsed
to lose consciousness the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of fainted The three members invited more than 30 guests and at some point there were approximately more than 600 people outside Maison Estelle, where someone is presumed to have fainted. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The details of Ivester’s murder are so haunting that a juror fainted during Thompson’s trial. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026 Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 Maybe your friend has become dizzy, pale, or short of breath more often, or has fainted without a clear medical explanation. — Angela Haupt, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 That is the night Vásquez was hit in the right ankle by a line drive and later fainted on his way to get X-Rays. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026 That moniker became a little more appropriate last week, when Jenkins rescued a young fan who fainted during the national anthem at CHS Field. — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026 The Great American State Fair was postponed Saturday after multiple people reportedly fainted the day before, forcing thousands of visitors to pivot during celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
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  • Under the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June that collapsed within days, Iran's nuclear program was meant to be discussed over a 60-day period.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The area suffered thousands of manufacturing job losses as the automobile industry collapsed and jobs were sent overseas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Meanwhile, bonds have swooned since the start of the Iran war at the end of February, amid a broad sell-off.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Fainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fainted. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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