I still held her in my arms and supported her half-fainting form.Cited from Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, by Charles Major
She gazed at her hand as though she did not understand; then, with a little sob and a little choke she extended her arms toward me and stumbled.Was ever there a woman who could look on blood without fainting?Gretchen had not quite fainted, but the moon had danced, she said, and all had grown dim.…Cited from Arms and the Woman, by Harold MacGrath
On November 27, 2007, Osmond came in third place on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars.She became famous on the show for fainting after her performance in the fifth week.Her brother, Donny, would go on to win the ninth season.…
The Ogress was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, not dreaming after what manner she should dress them; but, thinking that he had ordered her to go up and put on their clothes, she went, and was horrified when she perceived her seven daughters all dead.She began by fainting away, as was only natural in such a case.The Ogre, fearing his wife was too long in doing what he had ordered, went up himself to help her.…Cited from The Tales of Mother Goose, by Charles Perrault
Immediately place the person fainting in a lying position, with head lower than body.In this way consciousness returns immediately, while in the erect position it often ends in death.…Cited from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887), by Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Martinez, who formerly had been very nearly acquainted with him, seemed to breathe anew at the hearing of that name, and suddenly began to raise himself, to go see, said he, the man of God.But the attempt he made, served only to put him into a fainting fit.The Father, entering at the same moment, found him in it.…Cited from The Works of John Dryden, Volume 16 (of 18), ed. by Walter Scott
Many come bare-footed through the snow to our industrial schools.Children have been known to fall fainting on the floor of these schools through want of food.Hundreds enter our lodging-houses every night, who have no home.…Cited from Lights and Shadows of New York Life, by James D. McCabe
The grandmother greeted him as one who had won, but his father and mother, and he, himself, called it failure.He started to work in the fields and fell fainting to the earth.…Cited from Little Journeys, Volume 4, by Elbert Hubbard
John supported the fainting lady with one arm, turning round upon his seat at the back.Old Strawberry wheeled quickly in her tracks and trotted down the avenue under the evident impression that she was going home.…Cited from A Tale of a Lonely Parish, by F. Marion Crawford
She stood up for a moment, trying to speak, and then suddenly fell back, fainting.Cited from A Canadian Heroine, Vol. 3, by Mrs. Harry Coghill
What would he have done had he come here fainting?Nothing less than an ox stuffed with pistachio-nuts would have satisfied him.…Cited from The Pacha of Many Tales, by Captain Frederick Marryat
How long I had been there was also a mystery to me.I might have remained in a fainting state only for a few minutes, or hours might have passed.I knew that I began to feel hungry, though I had had an ample luncheon -- for on Saturdays Mr Butterfield dined early -- which showed that I could not be very much hurt, and that I must have been some considerable time on board.…Cited from Dick Cheveley, by W. H. G. Kingston
He tries to return home, but his mother ends up fainting upon the sight of him.Wracked with sorrow, the Monster Hero builds a makeshift home in the junkyard.…
She got scared at last when time passed and neither Heron nor O'Reilly came down.She went to see for herself what was up, and found her husband in a fainting fit.She 'phoned just as I was leaving my other patient, and by the time I arrived on the scene O'Reilly had floated in from the next-door suite.…Cited from The Lion's Mouse, by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
A friend told me that you were making preparations to leave Chapelizod and return to England.I think I was on the point of fainting when I heard it.I almost regret I did not, as the secret would thus have been discovered, and my emancipation accomplished.…Cited from The House by the Church-Yard, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The queen closed her eyes, as if she had been suddenly seized with a fainting attack.She lifted her hand to her face and entered her carriage, Madame following her.…Cited from The Vicomte de Bragelonne, by Alexandre Dumas
"We shall have you fainting before you get home, if you don't."Cited from A Final Reckoning, by G. A. Henty
However, she can recall nothing after fainting until she found herself running in the streets.Realizing that either Mabel or Jim must be lying, the judge summons Jim.…
She took hold of the girl and guided her to a sofa.When they reached it, the little creature fell half fainting upon it.But she controlled herself by an astonishing effort, thanked Victoria in Italian, and curling herself up in a corner she closed her eyes.…Cited from The Mating of Lydia, by Mrs. Humphry Ward
She who had borne so much and so bravely, was overcome.Again and again she tried to speak, but for some hours she fell from one fainting fit into another.She had borne up against all disasters, until the power of endurance was overwhelmed; and now, she was attacked by an illness so violent, that it threatened dissolution.…Cited from Turns of Fortune, by Mrs. S. C. Hall