passing out

Example Sentences

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Former Coronation Street star Beverley Callard was forced to withdraw after passing out in the show's Bush Telegraph.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

We get up there and it’s hot and humid and people are passing out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

But Yang’s last sketch, about an elderly Delta Sky Club worker passing out eggnog and working his last shift, was heartfelt and sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

While passing out the checks, the lawyer had stepped on Crow's sore foot.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin