faint
adjective
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc..
have fainted
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present perfectof faint.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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Soon afterward, Gastfriend wrote, he must have fainted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
In a clip posted on Chinese social media network Weibo, a woman who appears to have fainted is seen lying across several train seats.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
"The situation often involves families arriving with children so weak that they have fainted in their parents' arms," said International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies representative Hicham Diab.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
But in just the last two years, at least four longtime Rite Aid warehouse employees have fainted or come close to passing out from heat exhaustion, according to employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
If Jimbo had opened his big mouth and jumped at me, I would have fainted dead away.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
