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Definition of Falters
1. falter [v] - See also: falter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falters
Literary usage of Falters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... of the year Spring's foot half falters ; scarce she yet may know The leafless
blackthorn-blossom from the snow ; And through lier bowers the wind's way ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"(Her voice falters.) (Turning to the others.) And you the witnesses of Sappho's
tears, ' Sap. Be tranquil! let us part in peace; 0 pardon me; ..."
3. Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and by Joseph Hartwell Barrett (1864)
"Douglas falters, but Opposes the English Bill.—Passage of that Measure.—Democratic
State Convention of Illinois.—Douglas Indorsed, and Efforts for His ..."
4. Life and Times of Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President of the United States by Kenneth Rayner (1866)
"President Johnson's Position—If he falters he is Lost—The Misfortune of the South
in 1861—President Johnson badly treated—Approval of his Plan by both ..."
5. The Jew to Jesus: And Other Poems by Florence Kiper Frank (1915)
"... own life falters here, •*-* Because my own soul burdened is, I do not make
demand of Fate For the eternal mysteries. Because I am flung twisted forth, ..."
6. Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches by Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown (1902)
"Douglas falters, but Opposes the English Bill.—Passage of that Measure.—Democratic
State Contention of Illinois.—Douglas Indorsed, and Efforts for his ..."
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