The faintness or potency of the feeling. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As for a temporary faintness, that is by no means outside our experience. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Good-for-Nothing] Reference
'I told you to wait outside, sir,' he said with exasperation, stating clearly that my faintness was my own fault. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
Assyria (Re 17: 15). fainted -- literally, were "faintness" (itself); more forcible than the verb. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
He tried to rouse himself, but a faintness had seized him. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
If any sense of faintness exists, eat a crust of bread, or biscuit. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
The bewildering faintness is brief, yet he still stands in reverie. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Trafford heard his words, and a sudden faintness like death smote him. From Wordnik.com. [Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught] Reference
The girl raised herself slowly, for she still felt a touch of faintness. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886.] Reference
Miss Sheldon, recovered from her faintness and eager to be of service to them. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
The feeling of faintness that she had struggled against for so long passed away. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
And would they not die in the meanwhile of faintness, because they were very hungry?. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska] Reference
Then she closed her eyes again, but this time it was only exhaustion, not faintness. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
"It is nothing," she answered, quickly recovering herself; "only a little faintness.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
She opened it, but a sickening faintness overpowered her, and she was unable to read. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
For an instant, as she leans against the wall behind her, a faintness steals over her. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
A sickening faintness crept over him, and it was full an hour before he could leave his shelter. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Sometimes it was faint, and then it would gradually increase, droning off into faintness once more. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
Put a man into a close, warm place, and, for the reasons above given, he will feel a great faintness. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Hiram gave up his seat to the rescued man, who sank back as if overcome with faintness and exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
A deathly faintness overcame him, and he fell heavily; still clasping the girl, now senseless like himself. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Before mid-day blood was spouting from out five vital wounds and in a few seconds faintness began to spread over him. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
In the weak there is languor, faintness, flaccidity of the breasts, general depression, and pains in the back and loins. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Lowe's presence faded gradually; but presently a sensation of faintness warned the awakening senses of self-preservation. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Some people have allergic reactions, with wheeziness, breathlessness, chest pain, facial or widespread swelling and faintness. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . wasp and bee stings] Reference
Again, and more powerfully, came over her senses that insidious, creeping faintness; that sickening of body and soul together. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
My words, which from faintness I could scarcely render audible, had, nevertheless, a sudden and startling effect upon the man. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
We may make mistakes -- but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Mingling with the other outdoor fragrances, the odor of the coffee gave Tory a sensation of momentary faintness from sheer hunger. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
'I think, sir, that I must have had a touch of sudden faintness, because I tried to put out my hand to stop him, and -- I couldn't.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
There is often drowsiness and stupor, and the breathing is labored and the pulse weak and irregular, with faintness and cold sweats. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
When I had a little recovered from my faintness, our generous hostess conducted us to the saloon, where we found her husband and several. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Under it her eyes drooped, her head fell forward in a sudden faintness, her whole lithe body huddled into one gracious, yielding outline. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Dorothy, who felt certain that Wade was mortally hurt, struggled desperately against the feeling of faintness which was creeping over her. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
At this moment it was ghastly pale, and bore the marks of the faintness and exhaustion attendant upon a reaction after intense excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
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