falter
Example Sentences
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Now, worries about faltering performance are stoking investors’ concerns.
Their teacher stands and, in fluent if slightly faltering English, offers them some airy words of encouragement: “Don’t over-engineer your life. … Sometimes life’s about ‘go with the flow.’
From Los Angeles Times
A major drop by a faltering Eastern Conference contender and some moves forward by Western powerhouses highlight our Week 24 power rankings as season enters final two weeks with playoff seeding at stake leaguewide.
From Seattle Times
Polls show Trump remains the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican nomination, and his standing has not faltered, even amid widespread reporting on the expected charges.
From Seattle Times
Punching down tends to be the preference of authoritarians, whose big talk about their courage often falters in the face of real challenges.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.