swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
swooningly
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a word derived from
swoon.
Example Sentences
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If “Mrs. Dalloway” is a swooningly gorgeous book, it is also a dark and disquieting one.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
Incredibly, given its subject matter, the song sounds swooningly romantic.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2020
There was one with Molly O’ Day and Milton Sills where he’s got an old-fashioned coffee grinder and he’s looking at her swooningly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2016
Their rendition of the swooningly romantic “Helpless” stamps it as an instant pop classic.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2015
But despite warring with weeds and forest rides, in an enervating country, he wrote persistently through the swooningly hot days of damp heat.
From Robert Louis Stevenson by Evelyn Blantyre Simpson
