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Faltering   /fˈɔltərɪŋ/   Listen
Faltering

adjective
1.
Unsteady in speech or action.
noun
1.
The act of pausing uncertainly.  Synonyms: falter, hesitation, waver.


Falter

verb
(past & past part. faltered; pres. part. faltering)
1.
Be unsure or weak.  Synonym: waver.
2.
Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way.  Synonym: waver.
3.
Walk unsteadily.  Synonyms: bumble, stumble.
4.
Speak haltingly.  Synonyms: bumble, stammer, stutter.





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"Faltering" Quotes from Famous Books



... The faltering sunbeam fades and goes; The night-bird whistles in the brake; The willows quake; Utter darkness walls; the wind Sighs no more. Yet it seems the silence yearns But to catch thy fleeting foot; Yet the wandering glowworm ...
— Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes - Volume I. • Walter de la Mare
... still ten minutes of the two hours left when the mother-subs broke water and started crawling inland, swiftly, surely, without faltering in the slightest as they changed their element from ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 • Various
... faltering step, toward the other room, inwardly afraid. Another hand met hers, with a reassuring clasp. "One step more, Rose. Now then, forward, march, all ...
— Old Rose and Silver • Myrtle Reed
... And I am the brother whom you have heard of, sir; and who was left for dead in Mr. Braddock's action; and came to life again after eighteen months amongst the French; and live to thank God and thank you for your kindness to my Harry," continued the lad with a faltering voice. ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... had turned back to the desk and did not see Nancy's half-extended hand, or hear her faltering voice. Her hand dropped to her side, and, choking back a sob, she followed Senator Warren and Baker out ...
— The Lost Despatch • Natalie Sumner Lincoln


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