hovering

Example Sentences

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While Constance never shows for the reading, her presence is still felt, often hovering or circling around the table with movements designed to interpret the tone of the reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

He became convinced that only “the dream of a bright star hovering over Palestine and the hope of a possible return to the Holy Land” could restore the national life of his coreligionists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Half the documentary’s parenthetical title — “The Weight of the World” — speaks to a common leaden feeling of gloom hovering over America’s semiquincentennial summer.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Commercial inventories in Cushing are now at 22.4 million barrels, their lowest since December, after hovering around 30 million barrels earlier in the Iran conflict.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Towering cypress, cottonwood, and elm trees rim the pasture, hovering over clumps of dogwood trees, which, come summer, will bloom white, pink, and red.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes