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Meanings of fainting in English

Russian
синкопа
Portuguese
síncope
Spanish
síncope
Catalan
síncope
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Transient loss of consciousness and postural tone.

        синкопа
        Usage of fainting in English
        1
        The queen dropped in a fainting-fit; and the brute left the room.
        The Peasant and the Prince
        2
        I moved that way, no longer able to run, close to fainting.
        Carrion comfort
        3
        The death of Claudius had revived the fainting spirit of the Goths.
        History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
        4
        The first explosion of the conspiracy laid me fainting at the desk.
        Canada and the States
        5
        On the 29th of April the maid did enter the fainting city.
        A Short History of France
        6
        And for the first time in her life she felt like fainting.
        Sleeping Fires: a Novel
        7
        Several women passengers screamed and left the rail in a fainting condition.
        Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
        8
        Remember we were weak and fainting down below there in the Doon.
        Kim
        9
        The empress darted forward and caught her fainting daughter in her arms.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        10
        A fainting spell-thepeople in the room-somany lights-Ineed to rest.
        The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
        11
        The vaccines can have side effects, including fever, headache, fainting and nausea.
        The South African
        12
        Patients' symptoms included dizziness, headache, and fainting with rapid onset after vaccination.
        Pubmed
        13
        She expected despairing cries, or a fainting fit; nothing of the kind.
        The Honor of the Name
        14
        The smith, deeply affected, pressed the almost fainting girl in his arms.
        The Wandering Jew — Volume 04
        15
        Jim sprang after it, and I was left half-fainting in the moonlight.
        Rodney Stone
        16
        I still held her in my arms and supported her half-fainting form.
        Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
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        Translations for fainting
        Portuguese
        síncopedesmaio
        Fainting through the time
        Fainting across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common