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Six example sentences with falter, each labelled with its topic.
She played the whole concerto from memory without a single falter, even through the passage that had defeated her all month.
Music
There was one falter at the eighteenth mile, a few seconds of walking, and then she found her rhythm again.
Fitness
The narrator's confidence cracks only once, a brief falter mid-sentence, and the reader hears the doubt underneath.
Literature
There was a falter in his dribble at the top of the key, and the defender stole the ball.
Basketball
The candidate's single falter in the debate, three seconds of silence, was replayed all week.
Politics
The presentation had one falter, when a slide failed to load, and she filled it with a joke.
Business
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