as in fainting
to lose consciousness
easily swooned at the sight of blood
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Recent Examples of swooning
The steamy trailer, featuring a soundtrack by Charli xcx, has swooning fans and literature purists polarized.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
One video pairs photos of Trump with the swooning sound of a Taylor Swift song; another mashes up a video snippet of the comedian Theo Von and shots of immigrants getting deported.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Suddenly, Jeff Parker plucks a sighing six-note guitar run, dropping his shoulders into a solo section that carries the tune to its swooning conclusion.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
The same could be said of his pair of Aaron Sorkin films, the grave and old-fashioned legal drama A Few Good Men (1992) and the swooning White House fairytale The American President (1995).
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
The siblings rocked back and forth as the theater erupted into more cheers, with several audience members audibly swooning over the tender moment.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
After the election of Zohran Mamdani for mayor, social media is now swooning over the 12th District’s newest candidate—Jack Schlossberg, the internet’s latest 'babygirl'.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Instead, swooning fans enter the real-life frame to express their gratitude.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Compared to the swooning Gothic romance of Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein is just too perverse — in an unsettling way.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
One video pairs photos of Trump with the swooning sound of a Taylor Swift song; another mashes up a video snippet of the comedian Theo Von and shots of immigrants getting deported.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Suddenly, Jeff Parker plucks a sighing six-note guitar run, dropping his shoulders into a solo section that carries the tune to its swooning conclusion.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
The same could be said of his pair of Aaron Sorkin films, the grave and old-fashioned legal drama A Few Good Men (1992) and the swooning White House fairytale The American President (1995).
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025
The siblings rocked back and forth as the theater erupted into more cheers, with several audience members audibly swooning over the tender moment.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
After the election of Zohran Mamdani for mayor, social media is now swooning over the 12th District’s newest candidate—Jack Schlossberg, the internet’s latest 'babygirl'.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Instead, swooning fans enter the real-life frame to express their gratitude.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Compared to the swooning Gothic romance of Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein is just too perverse — in an unsettling way.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swooning
fainting
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was taken to a hospital by paramedics on Wednesday after fainting during a Black History Month event at City Hall.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was transported to Los Angeles General Medical Center on Wednesday after fainting at City Hall prior to a Black History Month celebration.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Swooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooning. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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