faint
adjective
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc..
has fainted
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present perfectof faint (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She’s had panic attacks and has fainted at work.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Navarro is caring for him — he receives dialysis three times a week and has fainted while climbing the stairs — and she has not been able to return to work.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
Which is to say, don't let me — a stranger who has fainted twice while donating blood — sway you from getting the ol' snip.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
His report captures Pietri’s painful attempt to finish the race: Good Heavens, he has fainted; is it possible that even at this last moment the prize may slip through his fingers?
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 27, 2015
But he has fainted; and, by my sooth, he might have had less to faint for.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
