- present participle of swoon.
swooning
Example Sentences
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The crowd at the Indio festival, for instance, went wild for the puppets swooning to Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit tune “Diet Pepsi.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The boxing world is swooning over Moses Itauma.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
By Monday morning, with global markets swooning, he said the Iranians were engaging in "constructive" talks with the US.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Were this another sport—football, basketball, baseball—they’d be swooning over Alcaraz as an all timer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Zoe and Bianca drew their bows, but Bianca was having trouble because Grover kept swooning and leaning against her.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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