| 1 | There will be bumps on the road to recovery. | |
| 2 | In the darkness they stumbled and squelched, lost their way and nearly drowned. | |
| 3 | He blundered about the room, feeling for the light switch. | |
| 4 | Some immigrants to North America never learn to speak more than halting English. | |
| 5 | It is painful, it is slow, it is halting, but it is in the right direction. |