fainting fit
Example Sentences
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“She is high-strung and has not been herself since that fainting fit she had on the evening of the reception.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
As they passed the Slytherin table, Malfoy did yet another impression of a fainting fit.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
A few minutes after our arrival at home he had a prolonged fainting fit and this was followed by a second.
From Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Tolstoy, Sophie Andreevna
In the mean time Mr. Short had proceeded to the room of poor Emily Hastings, whom he found recovering from her fainting fit, and sobbing in the bitterness of grief.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
The sick man declared that he was better, though the exertion of saying as much tumbled him over on to the floor in a fainting fit.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
