swound
[ swound, swoond ]
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How to use swound in a sentence
When my child heard this, she gave a cry of joy, and fell back in a swound with her head against the wall.
The Amber Witch | Wilhelm MeinholdA silence that was like a swound fell on the instant, and the light within went out at a puff.
John Splendid | Neil MunroI poured out my tale at one breath and in one sentence, and when it ended my mother was in her swound.
The Shoes of Fortune | Neil MunroHereupon my poor child was torn from me, and I fell in a swound upon the steps.
The Amber Witch | Wilhelm Meinhold
British Dictionary definitions for swound
swound
/ (swaʊnd) /
noun, verb
an archaic or dialect word for swoon
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