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 the footage, one woman appears to have fainted.
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
“Thank goodness for shake alert! I’d have fainted otherwise! 8+ second warning of severe shaking,” said one Twitter user.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
“I must have fainted after they started speaking.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
