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
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
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
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
