Example Sentences

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About 1 in 3 people will faint at some point in their lives.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022

“I was scared because people say a lot of stories, that I will faint, that I will not be able to walk, that I will die,” she said.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2021

Mr. Romagnoli says the contraction exercises help strengthen the flow of blood to the torso and brain, which will make it less likely the men will faint or black out while riding to the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2010

The prohibition has been drilled into children for so long that they have made it into a jump-rope rhyme: Don’t say ain’t or your mother will faint.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

I feel like I will faint asking this.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett