How to Use falter in a Sentence

falter

1 of 2 verb
Definition of falternext
Synonyms for falternext
  • Her steps began to falter.
  • The business was faltering due to poor management.
  • Their initial optimism has faltered.
  • So, on to the primaries: Trump could falter, but the race remains his to lose.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • There are reasons high-speed lines in the U.S. have faltered while those in Europe and Asia thrive.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And when the Kazakh faltered and conceded three set points at 6-5, Collins pounced to take the first set.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But there was one front on which the king’s confidence faltered.
    — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • He’s had so many hurdles and roadblocks, and he’s just faltered.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • In the video, the bridge faltered first on the left side of the frame, then in the center, and then its long truss snapped and the right span fell, all in a matter of a few seconds.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • If all four voted against the bills, the coalition’s efforts could falter.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • All of this happened as the Chinese market faltered as well.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Where one element is absent, the whole project tends to falter.
    — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Such is the cost of fooling around and faltering against so many lottery opponents along the way.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Across Europe, the system teams are starting to falter.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But if Washington State falters, the path clears for Cal’s rookie coach.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The Dons have lacked a strong post presence since last season, and their rebounding has faltered.
    — Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The coach vowed to find other players who could get the job done if his current ones continued to falter.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Peace talks between the two countries have launched, and then faltered, multiple times.
    — Andrew Blum, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Late in games, in particular, his command had seemed to falter the most.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • While injuries piled up at guard last season, the starters around that position faltered.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, Threads may boost Meta’s brand as Twitter’s reputation falters.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • With inflation dropping back and economies faltering, investors are now looking to the prospect of rate cuts as early as in the first half of next year.
    — Emese Bartha, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Some efforts by regulators to challenge the tech giants have faltered in the courts.
    — David McCabe, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The action on the auction floor toward a hammer price faltered rather than took flight as the hammer price approached the house estimate.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Netflix continues to be the dominant force in the streaming space as many of its rivals have faltered.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And the movie never fills in the texture of their faltering communion, at least not in a satisfying way.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Signs of faltering demand for diesel fuel are causing prices of the trucking fuel to lag those of crude oil in recent days.
    — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the market's biggest names faltered in the third quarter after a surge in bond yields made their future growth less alluring.
    — Karen Langley, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The Warriors’ second-half explosion caused plenty of problems for the visiting Eagles, as both sides of the ball faltered to the hosts.
    — Landon Bartlett, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Floor: remain competitive long enough to sell off future assets at the deadline and falter down the stretch.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
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falter

2 of 2 noun
  • That’s never in doubt, even when the movie trips or falters.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Why, then, does the pulse of the narrative falter in the second half?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 July 2018
  • Lee falter in his steady volume of fire and succumb to his wounds.
    — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • When the jet stream falters, that polar air can make its way south, sometimes as far as the Gulf Coast.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Then again, maybe the Kawhi Leonard-less Spurs falter and find themselves out of the playoff picture for the first time since 1997.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The hottest team in the league at the moment and ready to make a play for home-field advantage if New England falters.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
  • When one falters, the other is there to restore and redeem.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The signal may be strong enough to log on but the low bandwidth falters the deeper into the app one goes.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But there's a wild beauty to more than match the narrative's falters.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2017
  • If Gamine and Swiss Skydiver falter, Speech could be the one to upset the party.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2020
  • And, when stock markets falter, gold has been sought in the past as a haven, pushing the price of gold up whilst all other prices fall.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • With small donors, success can breed success, but a falter on the trail can touch off a cash crisis.
    — Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The familiar debates of our time rage as the snow falls, the food runs out and the electricity falters.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Here are 10 leading candidates to take those two slots (and more, if one or more of the front-runners falters).
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2019
  • If military support for Ukraine falters, the consequences will be dire for Europe and the rest of the world.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But as their revenge plans falter, so does their friendship.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 20 Sep. 2022
  • When economies falter, cyclical stocks tend to do poorly early in the downturn.
    — Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Her own rarely falters, but also rarely reaches her eyes.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • These teams are extremely close in the standings, but the Panthers are just 1-5 on the road and will see their second-half magic falter against Brady and Co.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
  • If the Heat falter, the Pacers and Sixers are both capable of surpassing them in the standings.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
  • First-period falter: The Wings had good offensive zone time and got the first four shots on net, only for the Leafs to take a 2-0 lead inside a minute.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • His homecoming could mean more to Jaguars fans eager to see their team falter in its final two games.
    — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Vaccines prevent disease but falter to limit the spread of Delta.
    — Michael Mina, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But the Magic didn’t falter, outscoring the Mavericks 8-2 in the final five minutes to secure their third win in four games.
    — Khobi Price, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • But jobs could be in jeopardy if business falters, critics say.
    — C. J. Hughes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
  • As men shout and jeer, her confident smile falters, replaced by a troubled frown.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
  • The second can be hard to contemplate, when health falters and medical crises can change lives in an instant.
    — Liz Weston, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2017
  • The current local production aims high on all counts — but falters.
    — Joanne Ostrow, The Know, 14 Apr. 2017
  • As private-sector job growth falters, the clamor for quotas builds.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
  • The initiative’s investments have since slowed as Chinese growth falters, the United States pushes back and countries question the indebtedness the projects brought.
    — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023

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