FALTER in a Sentence
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80 example sentences for FALTER, such as:
1. The economy shows no signs of faltering.
2. The economy is showing signs of faltering.
3. But you must not falter when once you have begun.
4. The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment.
5. The boy faltered when the policeman demanded his name.
2. The economy is showing signs of faltering.
3. But you must not falter when once you have begun.
4. The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment.
5. The boy faltered when the policeman demanded his name.
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Meanings and Examples of FALTER
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falter
v. be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1 When she saw his eyes falter and drop before the long, troubled gaze of his father, a faint worry and bewilderment rose in her as to what was hidden in Ashley's heart.
2 She paused with a slight falter of embarrassment, and Trenor, turning abruptly, fixed on her a look of growing intelligence.
3 Lily's eyes did not falter, but a look of wonder, of puzzled self-interrogation, formed itself slowly in their depths.
4 Among some stolid trees it began to falter and hesitate.
5 "My dear, nothing can comfort me like this," he answered, with a falter in his voice, and both arms round her, as if he too, needed help, and did not fear to ask for it.
6 She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter.
7 But you must not falter when once you have begun.
8 Their hands did not falter any the more because those that they loved implored them to slay them.
9 If my deity is not great enough, I will not assuredly falter to seek succour where it may be; if the powers of heaven are inflexible, I will stir up Acheron.
10 A strange numbing terror unnerves his limbs, his hair thrills up, and the accents falter on his tongue.
11 Dickon held Colin's arm strongly but the boy had not begun to falter.
12 His speech had begun to falter, and he passed abruptly from one subject to another.
13 And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.
14 They walked to the pyre, and their step did not falter.
15 "I might get something to do over at Stamford," she faltered, as if knowing that he knew she had no hope.
Example Sentence:
1 His voice began to falter at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.
2 Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.
3 When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.
4 The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment.
5 The boy faltered when the policeman demanded his name.
6 The economy is showing signs of faltering.
7 Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering.
8 The economy shows no signs of faltering.