faltering step

Frequency: 4.52.1 per million words

describes a way of walking that is unsteady, as if about to fall

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Examples (10)

  • The elderly man took a faltering step towards the door.
  • She watched him take his first faltering step after the accident.
  • With a faltering step, he approached the podium nervously.
  • The patient's faltering step showed he was still recovering.
  • Each faltering step revealed his exhaustion from the long journey.
  • The child took a faltering step as he learned to walk.
  • Her faltering step betrayed her anxiety about the interview.
  • He made a faltering step forward, unsure of the ground beneath.
  • The dancer's faltering step showed she had injured her ankle.
  • With every faltering step, his confidence seemed to diminish.