Faint

/feɪnt/

"Faint" in a Sentence (26 examples)

The sound of shouting grew faint.

I suddenly stood up and felt faint and light-headed.

I think I'm going to faint.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

We waited with faint expectation.

Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light.

I have a faint recollection of the event.

I heard a faint sound nearby.

Eriko worked so long and so hard, without stopping to eat, that I feared she would faint.

She gave a faint smile.

I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.

He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.

There was a faint red light in the distance.

faint efforts

faint resistance

They damned the latest book with faint praise.

a faint chance

do you have the faintest understanding of what they mean?

Happening to pass a fruiterer’s on their way; the door of which was open, though the shop was by this time shut; one of them remarked how faint the peaches smelled.

She suffered another faint.

A fainting fit.

If I send them away fasting […] they will faint by the way.

But upon hearing the Honour which he intended her , she fainted away , and fell down as Dead at his Feet

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

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November 12, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.

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