swoon

Example Sentences

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The final seasons of that drama swooned into a creative tailspin that “House of the Dragon” couldn’t pull out of.

From Salon

Mrs. Thayer swooned but stayed upright, gripping the arm of the chair with white knuckles and staring wildly at Madam Lucille.

From Literature

Data showing US unemployment rising and inflation slowing gave the Federal Reserve more room to lower borrowing costs and provided some much-needed pep to markets after a recent swoon.

From Barron's

Listen to Blade Bird: The album's swooning climax, based on a Basque poem about the tension between love and possession.

From BBC

“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” arrived smack in the middle of the most prestigious stretch of television’s modern Golden Age, when audiences swooned over “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.”

From Salon