fainting fit
Example Sentences
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As they passed the Slytherin table, Malfoy did yet another impression of a fainting fit.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
“She is high-strung and has not been herself since that fainting fit she had on the evening of the reception.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
He gazed anxiously at Lesbia, whom he characteristically supposed to be about either to burst into tears or to threaten a fainting fit.
From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.
He walked almost incessantly night and day, only lying down occasionally, when nature was completely exhausted, on a pallet that had been brought in during his long fainting fit.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
At this moment a noise in the next room convinced Adeline that her mother had fallen down in a fainting fit, and the doctor entered the room.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Opie, Amelia Alderson
