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.

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

His career had faltered.

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

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.'"

The shortcoming in infancy is, first off, not knowing the horrible, and secondly, fearing that which should not be feared. The same occurs to the natural man; he ignores where horror truly lies, where the grips of trembles never falter, but rather, shivers at what is not horrible.

Yanni's career faltered.

Her voice always falters when she mentions her late father.

Hold the weight above your head until your arms begin to falter.

You must not falter.