falter

Example Sentences

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Okrent touches on Sondheim’s faltering efforts to complete his final musical, with David Ives, “Here We Are.”

From Los Angeles Times

Tansy faltered then, seeming to have only two rules.

From Literature

But she made it across without faltering -until the final rock, when she had to leap for the bank, and ended up grabbing a willow branch to haul herself up.

From Literature

My pulse began to race, but my step didn’t falter this time, even as he watched me with a small smile on his lips.

From Literature

This time his voice falters on the question, which has come perilously close to asking whether there’s something I want to talk about, which of course, neither of us has ever asked before.

From Literature