swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
has swooned
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present perfectof swoon (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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It has swooned since regulators tightened rules on borrowing in the property sector in 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Mr. Musk, who is paying $54.20 a share for Twitter, has made it clear that he thinks he is paying too much for the company as its stock has swooned in recent months.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Mining, too, has swooned; in West Virginia, companies dug up 90 million tons last year, a bit over half what they produced in 1999.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2022
Between then and now, the stock market has swooned, and the value of Tesla has declined by more than a quarter.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
"She has swooned," he said; "perhaps it is as well," and he stood looking at her, for thus in her faint she seemed wonderfully fair with the moonbeams playing upon her deathlike face.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Henry Rider Haggard
