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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : huhv-er, hov- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv- |
Definition of hovering
Origin :- c.1400, hoveren, frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger;" see hove (1). Related: Hovered; hovering. As a noun from 1510s.
- verb hang, float over
- These made the face that seemed to Saffy to be hovering over and watching them.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She was hovering very close to him; he could feel her breath on his cheek.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- They had bubbled up within him—were hovering on the verge of his burning lips.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Our forward flight had been checked, and we, too, were hovering.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- He's hovering about on the watch; so I hastened here at once.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Its nature is like opaline doves'-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Some dark phantom of the past was hovering about them, and they were afraid to challenge it.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- He did not dare even to whisper to me, with Moa hovering always so close.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- Fascinated, the vole stayed awhile to look at the hovering hawk.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
- His people—I know they are his—are hovering about the hotel all the morning.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
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