Sentence examples for faltered for a while from inspiring English sources

The match, in retrospect, was like one extended metaphor for the arc of Williams's career: She started off strong, then faltered for a while before succumbing to a dramatic breakdown in play.

"I'm hoping for it not to be a Theo Walcott situation, where he was taken to the World Cup as a young player and, because of the expectancy on him, his international career faltered for a while.

"This is an abject insult not only to every Tiger fan but to any person in this country who loves baseball". Bob Prince Jr., who lives in Michigan and works in the plastics industry, predicted that Detroit's ticket sales will falter for a while, as they did in Pittsburgh after his father was dismissed.

He faltered for a spell in the early nineties, by succumbing to both extremes at once.

Yamaguchi went on to win a singles gold medal in the 1992 Olympics while Galindo's career faltered for a time into despondency.

Susan faltered for a second.

That traditional faltered for a number of years, especially after the quartz crisis of the 1980s.

Both played aggressively, without giving an inch or faltering for a moment.

The music played on for a while, then faltered little by little, as each player came to feel unsure of why they were playing.

And it is okay to falter, to become frustrated and stop noticing for a while.

Ignore such foolishness as Wall Street's boneheaded wisdom nowadays that oil stocks have little upside because oil prices will falter, as they have in the past (they dipped below $50 for a while this spring).