swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
swooned
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past participleof swoon.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof swoon.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
swoonverb (used without object)to faint; lose consciousness.
Example Sentences
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Within about 10 days the S&P 500 had shed nearly 14% as stocks swooned following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the start of April.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Those techniques were behind the “DeepSeek shock” in January 2025, when Liang’s company released a powerful but inexpensive new open-source model and U.S. stocks briefly swooned at the unexpected rise of Chinese competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The final seasons of that drama swooned into a creative tailspin that “House of the Dragon” couldn’t pull out of.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
None of this was good news, but if investors were on board with the long-term prospects of the neocloud, the stock wouldn’t have swooned so hard.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Mrs. Thayer swooned but stayed upright, gripping the arm of the chair with white knuckles and staring wildly at Madam Lucille.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
