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

"She had a long fainting fit, fell heavily, and has, I fear, slight concussion of the brain."

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

And they dragged their sister, who had just fallen into a fainting fit, before Bacchis.

From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Lou?s, Pierre

Pantalone replied that, with a King in a fainting fit, a Prince gone off on the dangerous adventure of the Oranges, it was only natural to kick up a row.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo