faint

IPA: fˈeɪnt

(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
(intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Examples of "faint" in Sentences

I love him turning away in faint disgust – that strikes me as exactly true to life.
I never thought to love him, but, you see, I do, she concluded, a certain faint triumph in her voice.
So spoke Brissenden, faint from a hemorrhage of half an hour before — the second hemorrhage in three days.
I could feel my knee through my clothes, swelling, and swelling, and I was sick and faint from the pain of it.
Senator Dole attributed some of this, what he called faint - hearted Republicans, to the president's standing in the polls.
So quietly did the little stream drip and ripple its way through the cãnon that it spoke only in faint and occasional gurgles.
Gives him what he calls a faint picture of his horrible uneasiness, riding up and down, expecting the return of his servant as soon as he had dispatched him.
_Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint_.
The little store of sovereigns in the tin box seemed to be the only sight that brought a faint beam of pleasure into the millers eyes, faint and transient, for it was soon dispelled by the thought that the time would be longperhaps longer than his life, before the narrow savings could remove the hateful incubus of debt.