Faint is an English word with synonyms like weak or indistinct. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Faint in a sentence
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Faint meaning
- Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
Synonyms of Faint
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Using Faint
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness | Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected. | Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- Useful related words include: weak, indistinct, swoon, pass out.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zwak.
- In the example corpus, faint often appears in combinations such as: the faint, faint of, to faint.
Context around Faint
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Faint
- In this selection, "faint" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, individual, masking, heard, objects, hearted and constellation stand out and add context to how "faint" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the faint of heart and for the faint hearted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "faint" sits close to words such as contemporaries, dudley and duly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with faint
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A mammoth task definitely not for the faint hearted. (9 words)
Author: *Slightly chuckles and plasters a smile masking faint concern. (10 words)
It is not for the faint of heart to play or to watch. (13 words)
It is due to pass closest to the planet – still some 42 million kilometres away – on Wednesday night, into the early hours of Thursday and in a very dark sky will appear as a faint smudge to those looking for it with the naked eye. (45 words)
Fast, furious and not for the faint of heart is the name of the game for Farrell, who shows no signs of slowing down – just like the river boat drag racers from Bangkok’s klongs (canals) after which this new spot is named. (43 words)
Sensitive telescopes equipped with charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have been used to search distant star clusters for faint objects, including Teide 1. Wide-field searches have identified individual faint objects, such as Kelu-1 (30 ly away). (37 words)
He was asked how hot he wanted it, and went sensibly for the medium option – accompanied by a generous jug of water though as this soup is not for the faint-hearted! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sensitive telescopes equipped with charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have been used to search distant star clusters for faint objects, including Teide 1. Wide-field searches have identified individual faint objects, such as Kelu-1 (30 ly away).
A mammoth task definitely not for the faint hearted.
And Dr. Amite Dominick, president of Texas Prison Community Advocates, said the miserable prison conditions are causing inmates to faint and have seizures.
At the comet’s closest approach to Earth, observers can find it in the sky about 20 degrees away from the North Star in the faint constellation of Camelopardalis.
Author: *Slightly chuckles and plasters a smile masking faint concern.
But around 10 p.m., I heard faint voices coming from the downstairs living room.
Compared to Ursa Major the stars that make up Ursa Minor (with the exception of the North Star) are quite faint and not so easy to see.
Engulfed in darkness, I pushed Link toward a faint orange glow in the distance.
Fast, furious and not for the faint of heart is the name of the game for Farrell, who shows no signs of slowing down – just like the river boat drag racers from Bangkok’s klongs (canals) after which this new spot is named.
Filled with gratuitous nudity, violence and rape, this unrated film is not for the faint of heart.
From questionable responses to a problem to lots and lots of murder, the Dark Urge origin is not for the faint of heart.
From these images (displayed left), the team searched for faint galaxies that are visible in the infrared but whose spectra abruptly break off at a critical wavelength known as the Lyman fracture.
From the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson, where she now lives, the faint outline of Oleshky is visible from a distance.
Giving evidence, the woman told the court that she felt like she was being ‘watched’ and ‘tracked’ after hearing a ‘very, very faint’ noise in her car when driving.
Her neighbour on the 1200 block of Rae Street said he heard a faint pop.
He was asked how hot he wanted it, and went sensibly for the medium option – accompanied by a generous jug of water though as this soup is not for the faint-hearted!
I curled into a ball and closed my eyes as he continued to hit me, hoping that I wouldn’t faint from the pain.
In near-infrared images, these upper layers typically appear faint, with a brighter area above the equator.
It is due to pass closest to the planet – still some 42 million kilometres away – on Wednesday night, into the early hours of Thursday and in a very dark sky will appear as a faint smudge to those looking for it with the naked eye.
It is not for the faint of heart to play or to watch.
Common combinations with faint
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the faint 55×
- faint of 31×
- to faint 9×
- faint and 8×
- with faint 8×
- and faint 7×
- heard faint 5×
- very faint 5×
- faint praise 5×
- for faint 4×