fainted

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She said this in one Scream, and then Fainted, or pretended to Faint again.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

Fainted like any other human brute when he's pushed to the wall!

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

"Fainted or—" She threw back the rug from about her lap and sprang from the carriage.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

Raising his arms in anguish, he, As when the woodman hews a tree With its fair flowery branches crowned, Fainted and fell upon the ground.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

But Bhíma next Fainted, and stayed upon the way, and sank; Yet, sinking cried, behind the steadfast prince: 'Ah, brother, see!

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir