faint
Example Sentences
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By then, the skies had cleared enough for the faint outline of the San Gabriel Mountains to appear.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
"The humanitarian situation here is desperate, but there are faint glimmers of hope," Guterres wrote in the post on X. "We must stand with Haiti."
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
White wine vinegar works beautifully, though I also love the softer personality of rice vinegar and the faint fruitiness of white balsamic.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
Unlike bright planets, these objects are generally too faint to stand out with the naked eye.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Somewhere she thought she heard the faint sound of...Boaz?
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing faint
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