swooning

present participle of swoon
as in fainting
to lose consciousness easily swooned at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of swooning Everything from Holden-Rea’s swooning orchestral score, which makes even the most mundane of mise en scène, courses with emotional histrionics, is calibrated for loud emotions. Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 Travis Kelce has opened up more than ever about his wedding to Taylor Swift, a private party that had the whole world swooning and which took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in July. William Earl, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Years before Taylor and Travis, a beloved entertainment figure and a larger-than-life athlete were swooning in public. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 In many ways, this movie set the template for the modern action-comedy blockbuster, but few of its many imitators have come close to matching the spunky edginess and swooning romantic intrigue of the original trend-setter. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 The closest Spain got to that was against Cape Verde, but even the most swooning sentimentalists will recognise that the minnows were pretty lucky in that one. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026 The quilt’s washability is another factor that has shoppers swooning over it. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026 The Pirates of the Caribbean trousers the most stylish insiders are swooning over have captivated Hadid. Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 31 May 2026 Opening wide, as the live-instrument electroclash fourpiece does, a morbidly sensual portal for dancing and spacing in and out and swooning and spinning is perhaps easier for Daisy than is closing it at gig’s end. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swooning
fainting
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  • His body collapses in on itself on the fainting couch in the sitting room.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That song’s music video is also darkly cinematic, showing Elizabeth playing with baby dolls in between sitting, bloodied, in bathtubs and on fainting couches.
    Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Swooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooning. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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