faint
Example Sentences
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Any faint hopes of reviving horse racing in Northern California were crushed with the sale of Golden Gate Fields, which will be converted into a park.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
At a viewpoint overlooking Chiang Mai, the city skyline was almost entirely obscured, with only faint outlines of hills visible through a dense grey haze and a dim orange sun hanging in the sky.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The lettering had been stripped from the building, leaving only a faint imprint of the school’s name on the facade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
A faint hum emanates from the dark metal.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
