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Meanings of fainting away in English

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Usage of fainting away in English
1
Slowly, while the last notes were fainting away plaintively, the window was raised.
Wolf Breed
2
We 'ad to stop 'ere 'cos I was near fainting away.
The Shuttle
3
The wounded one, when he's not fainting away, is laughing.
Snow-Bound at Eagle's
4
Bruno had learned not to stand downwind of him or he would risk fainting away.
The boy in the striped pyjamas
5
Desclavettes, who seemed on the point of fainting away.
Other People's Money
6
Whereupon the Queen, seeing him fainting away, said, Kiss him, kiss him, my beautiful beast!
Stories from the Pentamerone
7
We had heard stories of performers fainting away.
The new yorker
8
She was fainting away at dinner, she said.
Bertram Cope's Year
9
At this she quite definitely put it out of their power to leave her by fainting away.
Hillsboro People
10
And all at once Marie noticed that his eyelids were falling, and that he was fainting away.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1
11
Fancy that poor little thing with a great man, six foot one, fainting away on her hands!'
The Heir of Redclyffe
12
Jo disgraced herself by nearly fainting away, and had to be doctored by Laurie in the china closet.
Little Women
13
I had no idea that she was so strong, Virginia murmured, half closing her eyes and fainting away.
The Governors
14
In novels, the girls show it by starting and blushing, fainting away, growing thin, and acting like fools.
Little Women
15
Henry made answer by fainting away.
Put Yourself in His Place
16
Marzio was almost as much disconcerted by Lucia's return to consciousness as he had been by her fainting away.
Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster
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