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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | faltering, hesitation, waver |
| Type of | pause |
Examples of falter
falter
When they falter, the division struggles to find more than two legit contenders.
From the stltoday.com
The job-creating potential of small businesses is, however, beginning to falter.
From the post-gazette.com
Kodak has become the latest giant to falter in the face of advancing technology.
From the dealbook.nytimes.com
Plenty of horses look like winning but become erratic and falter under pressure.
From the smh.com.au
Marriages falter, vows get smashed into dust, suspicions simmer, children suffer.
From the washingtonpost.com
Will the Packers look like the real deal early but falter when the games count?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The development wasn't the first to apparently falter in a formerly hot market.
From the delawareonline.com
Liverpool's title challenge continues to falter following a 3-1 defeat at Fulham.
From the bloomberg.com
I told the American people I wouldn't tire and I wouldn't falter and I haven't.
From the cnn.com
- Hesitation: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
- Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
- Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- Stumble: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
- Bumble: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- (faltering) unsteady in speech or action
- Falter (literally "Butterfly") is a weekly magazine published in Vienna, Austria.
- Unsteadiness; To waver or be unsteady; To stammer; To stumble
- (faltering) hesitancy
