How to Use swoon in a Sentence

swoon

1 of 2 verb
  • She almost swooned from fright.
  • Dylan does a video, swooning over the beer swag in the tub.
    Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 25 May 2023
  • If whistling is the indeed new flute this year, L.A. will have to swoon from afar.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, stock prices have swooned while bond yields have ticked up.
    Bob Fernandez, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And men, as the press loved to write about, swooned over his onstage persona.
    Randy Dotinga, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • The men gave them lap dances and showed off their abs, which left the women swooning.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But when the Great Recession hit, ad sales swooned and the staff shrank by about a third.
    James Rainey, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The video took three months and was worth the wait: The world saw Morten Harket’s heroic cheekbones and swooned.
    Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Below, the 10 times Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made us swoon the most.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Cat-lovers and kids alike will swoon over these adorable cat enamel pins.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Caesar salad is a such a classic dish even the kids will swoon over.
    Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022
  • Now, there's something else for Sprousehart fans to swoon over.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 22 Oct. 2019
  • And yet these scenes can’t help but clash with the show’s swooning nostalgia.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • The only good thing about today is being able to swoon over @SteveKornacki all night.
    Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Music won’t swell and girlfriends back on Earth won’t swoon.
    IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2022
  • No matter what your budget is, there's a gift the Lilly fan in your life is sure to swoon over.
    Jayla Andrulonis, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Get ready to swoon over The Photograph when the film hits theaters Friday, Feb. 14.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Your baking gal pal will swoon over the result of this fancy cake kit.
    Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
  • For a hack on boxed chocolate cake mix that adults will swoon over, simply add booze.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Usher can’t help that people have been swooning over him for the better part of the past three decades.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Today, the stylish abode is sure to make even the most discerning buyers swoon.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 June 2023
  • Also, singers will perform 1920s songs in the grand lobby, and a pair of dancers will swoon their way along the grand staircase.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 June 2021
  • Picture a man swooning and raging with all the passions of youth.
    Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Rates swooned late last week when doubts arose over the countries’ tentative pact.
    Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • There’s even a game day porch equipped with fans for the scorching Southern heat and a library Belle from Beauty and the Beast would swoon over.
    Nikhita Mahtani, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Regardless, the Sacai woman has plenty to swoon about come fall.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, Reba isn’t the only one to swoon over this moisturizer.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Make this stunning apple cake for friends and family to swoon over.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • However, there was one scene that didn’t leave Erin swooning.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • From striking writers and actors to swooning stock prices, 2023 didn’t lack for drama.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
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swoon

2 of 2 noun
  • But the swoon over the last five weeks of the season has raised some flags.
    Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This is the kind of talk that makes critics like me swoon.
    Time, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Then came the swoon in crypto and the bankruptcy of FTX.
    Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Here is a look at some of his swoon-worthy moments on screen.
    Admin, Essence, 18 Oct. 2021
  • There’s a salted fudgy swirl that slinks into a few bites—swoon.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2023
  • There are some stocks that are notable victims of this June swoon.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Prior to its road swoon, Dallas had won eight of nine games, albeit amid a soft stretch of the schedule.
    Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Some wondered if the equity market’s swoon at the onset of the pandemic was a chance to buy shares on the cheap.
    John Detrixhe, Quartz, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Their late-season swoon in 2021 allowed the Steelers to sneak into the playoffs.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The strong report adds to signs of a broad recovery from the economic swoon caused by the coronavirus.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The team recovered from a summer swoon to lose just one of its final seven games.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The stock swoon has proven painful for early backers of Paytm, as its market cap has dropped to 618 billion rupees.
    Saritha Rai, Bloomberg.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Oregon State finished with six hits Tuesday, but four of them came in the first two innings, as the team’s March swoon continued.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Friday is shaping up to be a big day in markets after the previous day's swoon.
    WSJ, 6 May 2022
  • Ryan Ludwick, who arrived during the 2010 playoff push, blamed his swoon on the ballpark getting in his head.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The Detroit RiverWalk's swoon-worthy views are open to all — beavers included.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Adam Duvall then went down flailing to conclude a scoreless frame, a new nadir in the Sox’ June offensive swoon.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
  • The biggest problem for the Rays during their July swoon was their offense going cold.
    Matt Martell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Winnipeg looked safely in until a late-season swoon put that in danger.
    Stephen Whyno, ajc, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Tory Burch's fashion shows are often a swoon, and this one was no exception.
    Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The heat on Kingsbury has been rising during the Cardinals' late-season swoon.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
  • But some had their nerves pushed to the edge on Wednesday after the Dow Industrial Average took a swoon of more than 1,100 points.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2022
  • In honor of Cole's 47th birthday, Cynthia posted a swoon-worthy photo of the couple back when Cole was 28.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Having the letters be a physical thing is a bit more swoon inducing than printing out an email or a text.
    Good Housekeeping, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The Cowboys — despite a late-season swoon — remain contenders to make the College World Series.
    Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
  • In the meantime, the crypto swoon is hitting celebrities and everyday investors alike.
    Tory Newmyer, Jeff Stein, Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And while the rest of the fictional boy band wasn’t there to perform with him, Finneas’ sultry delivery was equally as swoon-worthy on its own.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Shares initially popped following the name-change in late October, but have since lost those gains with the latest swoon.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Up until his late-season swoon and shooting struggles, Tyrese was having a great year.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The era of these prequels, it should be noted, is the late 1920s, which gives everyone an excuse to dress in swell, swoon-worthy period garb.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022

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