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Example sentences for "falter"

Lexicographically close words:
falso; falsum; falsus; falt; falta; faltered; faltering; falteringly; falters; faluns
  1. I shall cause you pain, and if I find my own anguish mirrored in your eyes, I may falter in my duty.

  2. Their voices falter with emotion over vague bits of dreaming.

  3. Stretch forth thy hand; stretch forth thy hand to God; Nor falter thou, nor stumble at His word.

  4. He did not hesitate, he did not doubt, he did not falter but at once resolved, at whatever peril, at whatever cost, the Union of the States should be preserved.

  5. Nor saint nor angel will he trust With this one blessed ministry, Lest they should falter or mistake; They guard the sleepers faithfully Who are the Lord’s beloved; but he Watches by those beloved who wake.

  6. We raise our songs, but fast and soon Our voices unto silence die, And other voices end the tune Which, too, shall falter presently.

  7. Our voices falter as we bend to pray; In the great choir Of happy saints she sings, and does not tire.

  8. For though love falter not, nor tire, And stand on guard all day, How little can it know or do, How little can it say!

  9. Here 's my slave, Whose body and soul depend upon my nod, Can't falter out the first note in the scale For her life!

  10. Your lip Whitens--you could not read one line to me Your voice would falter so!

  11. Falter forth the spell,-- Act follows word, the speaker knows full well, Nor tampers with its magic more than needs.

  12. And crowned with your beautiful patience, Made sunny with love at the heart, You must balsam the wounds of the nations, Nor falter nor shrink from your part.

  13. With a gasp Louise felt Mireille falter on the threshold .

  14. And those words and the sweet expression of the small ecstatic face made Cherie's voice falter and the tears suffuse her eyes.

  15. Who would feebly faint or falter on life’s journey?

  16. Can our hurried footsteps falter When we do a kindly deed?

  17. It was some moments before I could overcome my surprise enough to falter out, "You know my language?

  18. Suddenly he launched himself through the air with a long, graceful leap, flinging his feet forward beneath him at the proper moment and planting his heels firmly and fairly in the turf, coming upright without a falter or a struggle.

  19. Perhaps William Pickle was prepared with the warrant for his arrest, but that did not lead him to hesitate or falter for a second.

  20. What do men and churches that falter in their allegiance to the truth of Christ's redemptive death do with the Lord's Supper?

  21. Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.

  22. There was a bit of falter in the quick response, yet this was lost to him.

  23. But you must not falter when once you have begun.

  24. Their hands did not falter any the more because those that they loved implored them to slay them.

  25. Christ felt that the Cross was an evil, but that feeling never made Him falter in His determination to bear it.

  26. We may walk in the 'paths of righteousness,' and our feet may falter and turn aside.

  27. Not because the gale was any more violent, not because the uneven pavement was any more yielding, but because he was frightened, and his faith began to falter at the close sight of the danger.

  28. Often I dream you gladly hear The words I hardly dare to breathe,-- The words that falter in their fear To tell what throbs beneath.

  29. I do not falter in resolution, only in strength.

  30. Do not falter now that the time is at hand.

  31. Tears came into her eyes, yet her voice did not falter as she continued: "I said last night that you would understand me better than any one else; so I believe you will now.

  32. It was with immense relief that they heard her falter in her story, for they quickly divined that there was nothing in him which responded to her effort.

  33. Don't let her make you falter or grow remorseful, Jack.

  34. And the old man's voice began to falter with emotion.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "falter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    balance; blench; blunder; boggle; bounce; bump; careen; career; caution; chatter; chicken; compunction; dally; dawdle; debate; delay; deliberate; demur; despair; despond; diffidence; drag; fail; falter; fear; flag; flinch; flounce; flounder; flutter; founder; funk; grimace; halt; hang; hem; hesitate; hesitation; hobble; hover; hum; hustle; jar; jerk; jib; jolt; jostle; jounce; jump; labor; lag; limp; linger; loiter; lurch; modesty; objection; pause; pitch; plunge; ponder; protest; quail; quake; qualm; quaver; quiver; recoil; reel; retreat; rock; roll; scruple; scuttle; seethe; shake; shiver; shock; shrink; shrinking; shudder; shy; shyness; skedaddle; stagger; stammer; stickle; strain; struggle; stumble; stutter; sway; swing; tarry; teeter; topple; toss; totter; trail; tremble; tremolo; tremor; trill; trip; tumble; twitch; twitter; vibrate; vibrato; wallop; wallow; waver; welter; wince; wobble; yield