But the area faltered badly in the second half of the 20th century, and some homes fell into disrepair.

At the end he was faltering badly, but at least I could see new color in his cheeks.

She started a consulting business in government relations, which faltered badly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

After Labor Day, sales faltered badly, with the show playing to less than 40 percent of capacity last week.

The tragedy is, though, that this improvement is faltering badly.

Pearson and his Liberals faltered badly in the campaign.

Instead, he faltered badly on the back nine.

This finally took so much of the tax money, with a grinding national debt, that the national defense faltered badly.

The Janus funds were stellar performers in the late 1990's but have faltered badly.

But Berlin's campaign to win the Olympics, once considered almost sure to succeed, is faltering badly.