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hovered

VERB

hang, float over

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drift flicker flutter fly linger poise waver

STRONG

dance flit flitter

WEAK

be suspended brood over hang about wait nearby

Antonyms

WEAK

lie rest settle

Example Sentences

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He has hovered on the fringe of the England team since, with none of his five caps coming at home or as the sole spinner.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Wage growth, which has accelerated in recent months, cooled last month but remained above annual consumer price inflation, which has hovered around the central bank’s 2% target for about two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The big question hovered over the excitement: Can El-Sayed win in Michigan?

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

Police swarmed the Washington Hilton Hotel where the event was taking place, and helicopters hovered overhead.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Richard Owen, the paleontologist who hovered over England’s natural historians like a patrician falcon, descended from the Royal College of Surgeons, to verify and catalog Darwin’s fossil skeletons.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee