- present participle of hover.
hovering
Example Sentences
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It essentially means that a good number of stocks were hovering just above their yearly lows even though the S&P 500 was near its yearly high.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Those conditions of hovering in the air, with little altitude and no momentum are commonly referred to by helicopter pilots as a “dead man’s curve,” said Guzzetti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
And they give its contours just the right glossy sheen a hovering vehicle demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art—George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s biomorphic leviathan hovering over Exposition Park like an idling spaceship—has been christened by Mr. Lucas as “a temple to the people’s art.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Mom is hovering behind Jack, watching me with concerned brown eyes.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
