faint

Airglow is a faint, natural light produced by gases high in Earth's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Camilo Duran pulled one back after the break and struck a post as the Scottish champions improved, but Vangelis Pavlidis struck Benfica's fourth late on to kill any faint Celtic hopes.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

A coral nursery is providing a faint glimmer of hope and has even seen the return of plankton-feeding fish.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

If there is one faint glimmer of hope, it’s that going up against Buffalo star quarterback Josh Allen might not be the worst thing for Maye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But I couldn’t muster even a faint hiccup of remorse to see the backside of that man.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Yasser regularly faints when she tries to stand.

From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026

When Louise, angling for attention, participates in her church’s Inner Beauty pageant, her talent is holding her breath until she faints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

O’Sullivan determined that Darcie was suffering psychosomatic seizures and faints, very real but not caused by a physical problem.

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

"My mother frequently complains of headaches, leg pain, hip pain and sometimes faints," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

Only after she genuinely faints during a session, rather than perfectly executing the choreographed dramatic swoon, does he relent to a respite at their home in New York.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Hope still has a heartbeat, but that grows fainter by the loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Scaringi expects the telescope "to map more of these systems as well as fainter ones and detect similar systems in detail, ultimately helping in understanding the mysterious energy source that remains unexplained."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

A coronagraph blocks much of a star's bright light, making it easier to search for much fainter objects nearby.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

To spot S301 -- which is two billion times fainter than the star Betelgeuse in our sky -- the team of astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Her voice grew fainter as he moved away and her cries soon faded away to nothing.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Sigmund Freud famously asked, “What does a woman want,” while confessing that he hadn’t the faintest idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Like hundreds of volunteers and rescuers, he has spent hours clinging to the faintest hope there may be survivors in the rubble, despite the 7.4 magnitude quake that struck this coffee capital on Monday morning.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

K2-18b may be silent for now, but scientists are steadily improving their ability to detect even the faintest signs of technology beyond our solar system if they are ever there to be heard.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Even the faintest irritation, say a restaurant chain tinkering with its logo, can summon thousands to the same digital square.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025

He hadn’t the faintest idea how a motor worked.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"There are a lot of pupils who have fainted and who did not receive any medical attention," Jean told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the end of July, he fainted during a court hearing and was treated in intensive care.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

I learned about chocolatines last year from the Journal’s Joshua Robinson, who fainted from embarrassment when I walked into a Toulouse patisserie and ordered a “chocolatini,” like it was happy hour at an airport Chili’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

His father vomited and fainted in the ambulance, as his first child became unresponsive.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“You never knelt down and prayed—you fainted clean away,” said the old man’s woodpecker dæmon from the workbench.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

There is no evidence that Xi is gravely ill or that he had a stroke or fainting spell, as rumored across social media this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She recalled taking the dressing off her wound and fainting in the shower.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

A majority -- 87 percent -- of respondents reported at least one health-related impact during the sweltering week, including disrupted sleep, tiredness at work as well as dizziness, fainting and a faster heartbeat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

For all its immortal ideas and all those outsized news reports of people fainting, “The Exorcist” could’ve faded from memory if so much of what came after didn’t prove to be a cheap imitation.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Apollo had revived the fainting Hector and breathed into him surpassing power.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton