From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishI nearly/almost faintedI nearly/almost faintedspokenSURPRISED used to say that you were very surprised by something I nearly fainted when they told me the price. → faint
Examples from the Corpus
I nearly/almost fainted• These were removed and - oh, sweet Lord, I nearly fainted!• She wrote: I almost fainted when I read your letter, confronted by that terrible mistake I had made. 