faint
Example Sentences
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At a viewpoint overlooking Chiang Mai, the city skyline was almost entirely obscured, with only faint outlines of hills visible through a dense grey haze and a dim orange sun hanging in the sky.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage, I really tried to push through my performance but I just couldn’t.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The lettering had been stripped from the building, leaving only a faint imprint of the school’s name on the facade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The sun’s frail light no longer broke the canopy, and in the deepening shadows, the faint glow of the four realms was beginning to appear.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
