Sentence examples for he almost fainted from inspiring English sources

He "almost fainted" when told by intelligence agents of his son's contact with Isis figures.

Naymat Iskanderov said when Ms. Belyayeva contacted him this fall, he at first refused to consider the possibility that Anya was not his biological child, but when he saw a photograph of Irina he "almost fainted".

He photographs well, and has the kind of animated, genial face that looks appealing on television, but he almost fainted when I asked him if he had ever considered modelling.

He said he almost fainted at the sight of dead bodies outside the recruitment centre, and that many of the victims had, like his brother, been unemployed and looking to earn money as policemen.

"All I know is that he almost fainted with shock when I was fully revealed and blurted out: 'Surely you're not going to allow a child in this state to live.'" Louise was born at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Hertfordshire, on 23 June 1962 to David and Vicki Mason.

"When my dad received that call," De Witt said, "he almost fainted".

Taking his daughter back to school in New Jersey, one Sunday morning, he almost faints on the Geo.Wash.Bridge.

"The beauteous figure of Zenobia was confined by fetters of gold; a slave supported the gold chain which encircled her neck, and she almost fainted under the intolerable weight of jewels," he writes.

Writer tells how she almost fainted in church.

A distracted store employee bumped into her cheek so hard that she almost fainted from the pain, she said.

"She told me she almost fainted when I asked her to do the show," Mr. Lickona said.