falter

To falter is to start to fall or to lose your balance. When you falter on a staircase, you can easily fall down and hurt yourself.

  • She faltered as she walked down the stairs.

  • The horse faltered as it stepped on a rock.

Definition of falter

verb

speak haltingly

Synonyms:

bumble, stammer, stutter

verb

be unsure or weak

Synonyms:

waver

verb

walk unsteadily

Synonyms:

bumble, stumble

verb

move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Synonyms:

waver

noun

the act of pausing uncertainly

Synonyms:

faltering, hesitation, waver

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Example Sentences for falter

  • 1

    As such the premise of the article falters.

  • 2

    The assembly was seen as faltering and in disarray.

  • 3

    By the mid 70's, the club was faltering.

  • 4

    After the accession of Denmark and the country began to falter.

  • 5

    The economy started to falter after signing to the FTA.

  • 6

    The manufacturing industry in Syracuse began to falter in the 1970s.

  • 7

    As a result, the economies of many of the post towns began to falter.

  • 8

    In the end, the economy faltered and taxation became more onerous.

  • 9

    Subsequently the executions stopped immediately the attack was seen to falter.

  • 10

    The Spartans would only falter in the snow at West York.