1. In desperation Juliet fakes a fainting fit , which has the desired effect. 2. A young waitingman about the house was very liable to fainting fits . 3. Shortly after Henriette begins to suffer from spasms and fainting fits . 4. Below, Manson has a fainting fit but Snipe catches him using both arms without difficulty. 5. Mary, after recovering from the excessive fainting fits , falls in love with Alleyn, despite their class differences. 6. She developed neuritis in her arm, inflammation of the nerves between the ribs, fainting fits , and sciatica. 7. Meanwhile, a recipe stipulates a quarter of a cup of heavy cream and every non-Francais has a fainting fit . 8. The first attested use of the expression in English was in 1572 with the meaning of " fainting fit ". 9. The toll of the job, and of hiding her true identity, soon gave her constant chills and rheumatism, and latterly fainting fits . 10. The girl consulted Dr Morton only after she had been ill for two years, and then only because she experienced frequent fainting fits .