Verb (used without object) : The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star. From Dictionary.com.
In these classes an actual uncertainty prevails as to the nature of vapours, and swooning is practically a lost art. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage as a Trade] Reference
He ` s young, he ` s buff, he ` s got millions of women swooning, that is except for Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2008] Reference
And wjmego is right about Mozart's swoon-worthiness, but I don't think that other segment of the audience is that interested in swooning. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Goodbye] Reference
True conservatives are tired of Republicans "swooning" every time Ronald Reagan is mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Boasting About Marines - W. Thomas Smith, Jr - Townhall Conservative] Reference
If you're not familiar with Sara-praise, that's the kind of swooning compliment I reserve for Noel Gallagher and "The West Wing.". From Wordnik.com. [Pajiba] Reference
Some evangelicals in the audience went away swooning. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of a Political Savior] Reference
Lily, on the point of swooning, raised her lips to his. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Of course Rosie has been swooning over "my Tommy" for years. From Wordnik.com. [Rosie's New View] Reference
She guessed that he was stupefied by exhaustion, yet not swooning. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Likewise, this concert is sure to be an evening of crooning and swooning. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Back, Falling Ahead] Reference
Never did man grieve like Camaralzaman when he was recovered from swooning. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
The air was swooning, but how delicate its gasps, as if it fell away into calm!. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Almost swooning, he slipped, lost his hold, and went crashing through the branches. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
But it may also quit the body temporarily, which explains the phenomenon of swooning. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
'Sorry I am, my dear wife,' he said, 'that I was swooning when thou hadst need of me. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
And the Fair Isoud died, swooning upon the cross of Sir Tristram, whereof was great pity. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
"Dearest heart, I shall die of love," sighed swooning Molly, out of herself at such praise. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
All day long, hard-bitten Washington insiders were swooning in the presence of Her Majesty. From Wordnik.com. [Dinner With the Queen] Reference
"It is nothing," replied Lydia, who had indeed closed her eyes as if on the point of swooning. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
These words the father poured forth at the final parting; his servants bore him swooning within. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
My worry heightened to a swooning delirium today when I read in the New Zealand Herald that the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Deleted!] Reference
Donna Matura, a brown old woman, hideous, toothless, and inclined to swooning, was installed as duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Her women catch her in their arms, and carry her swooning to her marble chamber and lay her on her bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
The swooning and delirium of the old man over, the retainers follow him as he totters on to the wedding chamber. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Sensation, emotion, awoke from their swooning lapse only in the light of day, the next or another, I knew not which. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
The brilliant light, the music, the dancers, acted upon her overstrained nerves as a dash of cold water upon a swooning man. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Once the media finished swooning over Barack Obama and voters took a harder look, Hillary would start raking in the delegates. From Wordnik.com. [A Not-So-Sure Thing] Reference
Even so, his plans have already made worldwide headlines and captured the imagination of thousands of swooning adolescent fans. From Wordnik.com. ['Enjoy The Experience'] Reference
She was frightened almost to swooning at the thing that I told and my denunciation, and the deep answering stab of her own conscience. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
There under two pine-trees he found four marble steps, and as he was about to climb them, fell swooning on the grass very near his end. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Ippolita, that slim, tall marvel, seemed not to be remarked by any; Alessandro, swooning on his friend's arms, could scarcely believe it. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Grifone received his swooning lady into his arms and held her there to his great content, triumphing in her beauty and successful capture. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.