smelling salts

Tears streaking her face, Khin Win was revived with smelling salts as she sat at the Buddhist ceremony.

Clutch your bosom and reach for the smelling salts.

The pundits all called for the smelling salts and Wilson was later reprimanded by Congress and subsequently issued an apology.

Republicans trying to make a rousing and convincing arguments about their commitment to diversity reel off snippets of King’s speeches as if they’re cracking open an emergency vial of smelling salts.

She kept smelling salts on hand to revive those who fainted from the trauma and handed out rafts of prescriptions for sedatives.