falter
IPA: fˈɔɫtɝ
noun
- An unsteadiness.
verb
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
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Examples of "falter" in Sentences
- By the mid 70's, the club was faltering.
- As such the premise of the article falters.
- The assembly was seen as faltering and in disarray.
- The economy started to falter after signing to the FTA.
- The Spartans would only falter in the snow at West York.
- After the accession of Denmark and the country began to falter.
- In the end, the economy faltered and taxation became more onerous.
- The manufacturing industry in Syracuse began to falter in the 1970s.
- As a result, the economies of many of the post towns began to falter.
- Subsequently the executions stopped immediately the attack was seen to falter.