And how long is it before Marilla expects to be stone blind, Anne?" "The doctor thinks her eyes will not get any worse if she is very careful," faltered Anne.

Lucy's bloodless lips could only falter out the words, “It was my mother.”

As when a wounded bull / shakes from his neck the faltering axe and, fain / to fly the cruel altars, roars in pain.

Distracted with amaze / she marked me, as the Trojan arms shone plain. / Heat leaves her frame; she stiffens with the gaze, / she swoons – and scarce at length these faltering words essays:

Her voice always falters when she mentions her late father.

And falteringly the traitor plays his part. / 'Oft, wearied by the war, the Danaans planned / to leave – and oh! had they but left – the land.'"

In the end, he also faltered in the face of great adversity.

With each daily win, and the cliffhanger over whether he’d beat Jennings’ record or falter along the way, Amodio became more of a household name.

He stared at him intensely, the gaze not faltering for a moment as the words were gracefully thrown at him.

I was going to ask her out, but at the last moment my courage faltered.