Verb (used without object) : Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to falter an apology. From Dictionary.com.
I opened my lips to speak; she saw his name faltering on my tongue, and stopped me. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsaken Inn A Novel] Reference
"It's the best feeling of the last three (wins)," Armstrong said in faltering French. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Armstrong completes third straight win] Reference
"Good woman," he said in faltering tones, striving to disguise his vice, "I know your son well. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Mapuhi] Reference
"Good woman," he said in faltering tones, striving to disguise his voice, "I know your son well. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Mapuhi] Reference
"The momentum is kind of faltering," said Kyle Cooper, director of research at IAF Advisors in Houston. From Wordnik.com. [Crude Drops $3.80 a Barrel] Reference
He listed as ANC failures the political problems of Zimbabwe, job creation and South Africa's "faltering" foreign image. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Companies deemed "faltering" don't have to give notice if they think an announcement would hurt their efforts to raise new capital. From Wordnik.com. [Companies, Workers Tangle] Reference
She courtesied, my name faltering on her lips. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
Michigan is not dead because of the "faltering" auto industry. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Afghan mission 'faltering' amid NATO tension and economy - Summary. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Yes, I'm thorough, it's hardly something you should find "faltering". From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
If that's "faltering", I would like to know how to make my career falter, ASAP. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline.com] Reference
Yet many companies were faltering long before Sept. 11. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Sure, the faltering economy has made advertisers skittish. From Wordnik.com. [Facebook’s Roar Becomes a Meow] Reference
Lower interest rates and taxes would aid a faltering economy. From Wordnik.com. [What We Learn From The 1920S] Reference
By some measures, women are not faltering in business schools. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Women the Business] Reference
Just take a look at the recent bailout plan to rescue Japan's faltering banking system. From Wordnik.com. [Mighty Fall] Reference
Against all odds, they married last summer -- just when the Camp David summit was faltering. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Shot Ourselves In The Heart'] Reference
They were confidants of Kim, who runs his faltering communist regime more like a royal court. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Lands A Big Fish] Reference
So, I'm waiting for Jacques Chirac to finish off a faltering "yes" vote by openly supporting it. From Wordnik.com. [Le Pen's Last Laugh?] Reference
But when Parsons moved up to replace Levin, he sent Pittman to rev up the faltering AOL division. From Wordnik.com. [You've Got New Management] Reference
At the same time Wilson was faltering, American gymnastics fans got a glimpse of the team's likely future. From Wordnik.com. [Hamming It Up] Reference
He is now Russia's prime minister and, given the faltering state of Russia's economy, badly needs U.S. aid. From Wordnik.com. [The View From Baghdad] Reference
Meanwhile, the British economy, the bright spot of Blair's eight years in office, shows signs of faltering. From Wordnik.com. [Wounded Winner] Reference
PITFALLS: Process-of-elimination strategy counts on Eveready Buchanan and deep-pocketed Forbes faltering early. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects] Reference
At one point, NATO's ultimatum began to look negotiable, faltering on a definition of U.N. "control" of weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Down] Reference
But it is Egypt's faltering economy and specific demographics that make it particularly vulnerable to the reductions. From Wordnik.com. [Slippery Slope] Reference
Once stocks started faltering in the fall, mutual funds dumped so they could post tax losses by their October fiscal year-ends. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Your Whining, It's Only Money] Reference
With its economy shrinking and famine spreading, North Korea's faltering regime is starting to hemorrhage high-level defectors. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Lands A Big Fish] Reference
Control of the disputed areas is supposed to be sorted out in a long-delayed and faltering process of negotiations and referenda. From Wordnik.com. [One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward] Reference
In the last few months, TCL has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to revive long-established but faltering Western brands. From Wordnik.com. [THE BUY SIDE] Reference
The faltering economy already has economists predicting that U.S. auto sales will fall to their lowest level in a decade this year. From Wordnik.com. [Driving Towards Disaster] Reference
Like the Challenger explosion, the faltering of Howard Dean's campaign will occupy crash-site investigators for years, maybe decades. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Dissecting Howard Dean's Implosion] Reference
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