swoon
verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
were swooning
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past progressiveof swoon.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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But they were swooning and nodding in agreement.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
All Ellen's senses reeled, as if she were swooning.
From To the Last Man by Zane Grey
Pierre, grasping her shoulder; "if both called at one time from these opposite chambers, and both were swooning, which door would you first fly to?"
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
They too were swooning at the Virgin’s feet.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
