falter
verb (used without object)
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way.
falterer
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a word derived from
falter.
Example Sentences
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To the same tree he returned four years ago, a falterer no longer, to preach to 12,000 people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fickle to her, or a falterer to my higher pledge?
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He was a doubter, a falterer, a failure; he has become a believer, a fighter, a conqueror.
From Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney
It is no tearer, no eradicator, no falterer, who in this frightfully beautiful bustle of passion and inevitableness has given a picture of his own dissoluteness.
From The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind
He turned and gave one quick glance over the eager faces; there was no falterer among his band.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
