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Definition of Falter

Falter To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. To hesitate in purpose or action. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner. Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. Related Definitions: Action, Also, An, As, Barley, Be, Broken, Brokenly, Chaff, Cleanse, Distinctness, Exercise, Fail, Falter, Feebleness, Her, Hesitate, Hesitation, His, In, Manner, Mind, Of, Or, Purpose, Regularity, Said, Sift, Slight, Sound, Speak, Stammer, The, Thought, Thrash, To, Tongue, Totter, Tremble, Trembling, Uncertain, Utter, Voice, Weak, Weakly, With

Falter Quotations America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. David Guterson We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence. Hjalmar Branting Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. Brad Henry I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be. Fred Savage

Falter Translations falter in Spanish is titubear falter in Swedish is stappla, stamma

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