Fainted

Examples

• But it passed with the action of rising from her chair; and she sat down again very meekly, and fainted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Tom silently resumed his task; but the woman, before at the last point of exhaustion, fainted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When I _sor_ him (such was Mr. Donne's pronunciation) about to spring, I thought I should have fainted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My lady has fainted, and we can't bring her to again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I really think that I should have fainted if I had not gone out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• For a moment only did I lose recollection; I fainted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was not sufficiently recovered to do so, and fainted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I fainted dead away, and I was very sick for months after. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• More than one person fainted at the mere sight of him, so terrible was the effect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I nearly fainted, sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had nearly fainted when we found that the papers had undoubtedly been tampered with. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I thought that Miss Eliza Higgins would have fainted when I told her that Lord Fife was coming to us. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Saying this, he endeavoured to spring from the bed, but the exertion was too great for him; he fell back, and fainted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Agatha fainted; and Safie, unable to attend to her friend, rushed out of the cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• On the next morning, when the poor creature was admitted into that Institution, she fainted from excess of joy and gratitude. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Horner, who had shown signs of intense emotion during the proceedings, fainted away at the conclusion and was carried out of court. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I saw him get on his horse, and I watched him till he was quite out of sight; and then I fell down, and fainted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Look after your grandmother, girls; she has fainted away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I fainted once more, but again it could only have been for a very few minutes during which I was insensible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I don't know what it was--Laura has refused to tell me--but I saw her face turn to such a deadly whiteness that I thought she would have fainted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A chronometer-watch--a beetle--her soul fainted with utter ennui, from the thought. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But the agony of my wound overcame me; my pulses paused, and I fainted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Her heart fainted, feeling herself taken. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She has fainted--that's all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Esmeralda thought that the noise upon the door was made by the lioness in her attempts to pursue her, so, after her custom, she fainted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Then Nancy fainted, and I caught up the key of the door from her hand, intending to unlock it and get help. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But she fainted of her own accord,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Ladies wept; mothers clasped their children; some fainted with emotion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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