What does the word falter mean?

    Part of speech: verb transitive

  • To sift.

  • Part of speech: adverb

  • Falteringly.

Usage examples for falter

  1. Octavius was appalled at the effect of his words; but he dared not falter now- too much was at stake- although fearful of the effect of any further excitement upon the woman before him. – Flamsted quarries by Mary E. Waller
  2. I will not say that Janet's voice did not falter sometimes, or that no mist came between the mother's eyes and the grave face on the other side of the table. – Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M Robertson
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