'faint' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'faint' with 20 example sentences.
- faint adjective
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: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
: lacking clarity or distinctness
: lacking strength or vigor
: weak and likely to lose consciousness
: indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
: lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- faint noun
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: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- faint verb
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: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
The mere sight of blood makes him faint.
There was a faint smile on his face.
What does that mean? I haven't the faintest idea.
He looks like he's about to faint.
The heat was so intense that I fainted.
An actress fainted right in the middle of the play.
The searchers could hear faint calls coming from deep within the cave.
When he bit me, it was so painful that I fainted.
It's not for the faint of heart.
We took her straight to the clinic as soon as she fainted.
My mother faints every time she sees a mouse.
I don't have the faintest idea how my computer works.
I have a faint recollection of the event.
Don't faint! Not until you sign the contract.
I heard a faint sound nearby.
George W. Bush choked on a pretzel and fainted.
There is a faint knocking at the door.
The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There was only a faint chance of success.