faint
adjective
lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc..
was fainting
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past progressiveof faint.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"Then I suffered with fatigue, my iron levels were going down so there was all that, and there was fainting so in general quite a nightmare to live with and quite debilitating."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023
At the worst of this, I was fainting upwards of three times a day and was forced to quit competitive swimming, a sport I had enjoyed for years.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
And he was watching the Cubs game, and we thought he was fainting, but we quickly realized something very dire was happening and then screamed for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
And what about Leroy Smith, the black State Trooper who helped the KKK member with the Nazi T-shirt as he was fainting in the hot sun protesting the removal of the confederate flag?
From Time ● Jul. 29, 2015
He felt a sort of inward syncope, as though, while his body was still upright, his soul was fainting within him with fatigue and terror.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
