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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
During a total solar eclipse, the corona comes into view as faint wisps around a glowing halo when the moon blocks light from the sun’s surface.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Again, nothing should be visible through the lenses, unless the sun is reflecting off an exceptionally shiny surface, and even then the light will appear faint if the glasses are safe.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Every few minutes, there is the faint rolling hum of a vehicle speeding down Waterman Road.
Edward Villasenor was killed in front of his home by someone driving a red SUV, shortly after 6 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2019.
—Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
There’s always been a playful irreverence to his films, an unabashed adoration for B-movie exuberance, his outlandish stories’ faint emotional underpinnings married to giddy spectacle.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The job is relentless and definitely not for the faint, as evidenced by the number of medical procedures for Zerrillo.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
The cards shuffled, the chips clicked, and a faint scent of stale beer hung in the air.
—Julia Rafal-Baer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Even faint lunar eclipses are almost always accompanied by solar eclipses, either a couple of weeks before or after the lunar event, according to NASA.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Behrens provided histrionics, declaring a hunger strike and fainting in the courtroom.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
Medics attending to fans and spectators who had fallen, fainted or had other medical problems.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
In the early 1920s, a woman in La Crosse, Wisconsin, fainted upon learning that death would install itself so close to home.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Firefighters reported over a thousand fans fainted due to the heat and those who vomited, a sign of dehydration, were offered assistance.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Nov. 2023
The tech entrepreneur, 73, fainted while attending the World Business Forum (WBF) in Mexico City on Wednesday, a source told CNN En Español.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
But that line can vary in intensity from strong to faint.
—Sam Jones, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
Scientists suspect that when people faint, their parasympathetic response becomes exaggerated, so their heart rate, blood pressure and breathing slow down too much.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
German chocolate cakes are known for being rich desserts, so this homemade chocolate cake recipe is not one for the faint of taste buds.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
The presto of the third was kept extra-presto, with beguiling feints (or faints?) of volume in the repeating theme of the strings.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Such belonging is not for the faint of checkbook.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
In a recent video on the Buff Dudes channel, bodybuilder and YouTuber Hudson White spends the day eating and working out like Jackman, and soon finds that the Wolverine routine is not for the faint of heart.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
However, purchasing claims is not for the faint of heart, says Thomas Braziel, founder of 507 Capital, an investment company that specializes in distressed debt, which holds a large position in the Mt. Gox bankruptcy and others.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
But, don't be fooled as this puzzle isn't for the faint of heart.
—Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 14 Feb. 2023
The first half wasn’t for the faint of heart.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English feint, faynt "deceiving, false, lacking in spirit or courage, listless, wearied, feeble, pale," borrowed from Anglo-French, "deceiving, false, lacking in spirit, weak," from present participle of feindre, faindre "to make, fabricate, pretend, dissemble, lose heart, fade" — more at feign
Verb
Middle English feinten, faynten "to pretend, lack spirit, become enfeebled, grow weak, fade," verbal derivative of feint, faynt "deceiving, lacking in spirit, wearied" — more at faint entry 1
Noun
noun derivative of faint entry 2
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun
1792, in the meaning defined above
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“Faint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faint. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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