swooning

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“Reminders of Him” could use a little more swooning, a little less of the endless middle stretch of driving and talking, interrupted by wet sprints through thunderstorms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

When Bowie briefly takes Connelly’s hand for the briefest one-two-three, one-two-three, imagining millions of hearts swooning in concert isn’t hard to do.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Listen to Blade Bird: The album's swooning climax, based on a Basque poem about the tension between love and possession.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

On the opening “Destination,” a winding and refracted character study, swooning strings trace the singer’s own sense of wonder, as she describes a fellow musician whose life serves as a mirror to her own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

His girls were playful, wistful, always dancing across the house, jumping from bed to bed, singing with feigned vibrato, swooning.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers