fainting

Example Sentences

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He had told her that he had spent more than 30 hours at sea, and was "fainting" from exhaustion by the time he reached the waters off Taean, a county on South Korea's western coast.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Pilgrims perform most of the hajj's rites outdoors where more than a million devotees gather in stifling conditions, with many attendees succumbing to heatstroke, fainting spells and even cardiac arrest triggered by the heat.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Toro eventually quit in 2021 after having an incident of stress-induced fainting and chest pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Did he stand awkwardly near the fainting scene in the Oval Office because he wasn’t fully processing what was happening or because he just didn’t really care?

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

I was almost fainting and dying to get back to college and tell everybody.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath