Example Sentences

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I am fainting with my Fears, Hast thou no comfort for me?

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

The sky is black—show me some rift in the clouds, for I am fainting in this rayless night.

From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

But I assure you, that when I am fainting with hunger, God hath fortified me by his sweet consolations, so that I have looked upon myself as well recompensed for his service.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

I am fainting by the way; but for my children’s sake I must bear up.

From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by Beers, R. W.

"We were marching all day," I replied, "and I am fainting with hunger and weariness."

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian