faints

American  

[feynts] / feɪnts /

Or feints

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.

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faints British  

/ feɪnts /

plural noun

1. a variant spelling of feints

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Etymology

Origin of faints

1735–45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)

Example Sentences

When Louise, angling for attention, participates in her church’s Inner Beauty pageant, her talent is holding her breath until she faints.

From The Wall Street Journal

She faints, her body making a thud as she hits the ground.

From Literature

In the pilot, the third-year medical student faints the first time in the exam room and has painfully awkward exchanges with her peers.

From Los Angeles Times

When a green resident faints, her fellow physicians wait for her to revive before tossing her back into the fray.

From Salon

"My mother frequently complains of headaches, leg pain, hip pain and sometimes faints," he said.

From BBC