Faintly has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | His soul swooned softly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead. | |
| 2. | The boy faintly resembled his father in appearance. | |
| 3. | Her cheeks were faintly flushed. | |
| 4. | It seems as if my daughter is faintly aware that I'm not her real mother. | |
| 5. | Tom nodded faintly. | |
| 6. | Tom smiled faintly. | |
| 7. | And ever, as the story drained / The wells of fancy dry, / And faintly strove that weary one / To put the subject by, / "The rest next time—" "It is next time!" / The happy voices cry. | |
| 8. | The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west. | |
| 9. | "Is French-Canadian an oxymoron?" asked Mary. "Far in the distance, there stands a lone drummer, and a rimshot is faintly heard," said Tom. | |
| 10. | On summer weekends, they could always hear the sounds from the outdoor amphitheater thumping faintly. |