swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
are swooning
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present progressiveof swoon.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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People are swooning over sappy K-dramas from Dubai to India to Singapore.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
‘Jury Duty’ fans are swooning over Ronald Gladden.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
I was going to say, women everywhere are swooning now to that image.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2020
Maxx and other retailers high and low, the masses are swooning over Beckham bedecking our favorite box store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2017
By the coastguard path holiday folk tramp with hot faces, but, save for the gulls, there is little sound or movement, for land and sea are swooning in the heavy noontide hour.
From A West Country Pilgrimage by Eden Phillpots
