Verb (used without object) : The helicopter hovered over the building. ,to hover between life and death. From Dictionary.com.
I freeze, my expression hovering somewhere between disgust and disbelief. From Wordnik.com. [lucky charm] Reference
Either way, 'short and curlies' is the phrase hovering over my mind just now. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Certainly no guardian spirit sends the bird and its hovering is not a symbol of grace. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Affinities: A Partial Return to Wordsworthian Poetics After Modernism] Reference
This is the dilemma hovering over the Nobel Peace Prize. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
Ryder, Sr. eyed his son closely, an amused expression hovering on his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life] Reference
Those location titles hovering in the mid-air like that are ripe for parody - although. From Wordnik.com. [theRPGSite] Reference
In that instance the hovering is the event that triggers the action of changing the image. From Wordnik.com. [HTMLGoodies.com: Your source for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Web Development Tutorials and Primers!] Reference
And this sword hovering over Jonathan Franzen has two edges: on one is hope, on the other scorn. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Pinter: Why Should We Celebrate Jonathan Franzen? Because Books Still Matter] Reference
The dirty word hovering over all this is gentrification - "a Nixon word", as his parents saw it. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
If you read Chris Messina’s blog, link hovering is often a required skill to understand what he is writing about. From Wordnik.com. [— | FactoryCity] Reference
The mash-up of women, with Sheree’s big noggin hovering specter-like on the screen, reminded me of the dating ads from the movie Singles. From Wordnik.com. ['Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Hang in there, Kandi | EW.com] Reference
For me the most important thing is that the institute means IA is something real, not just a ghostly buzzword hovering between HCI and LIS. From Wordnik.com. [inkblurt · AIfIA Launch] Reference
That explained the illusion of the 'hovering' clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Mission to Moulokin]
It's still kind of hovering over the western peninsula of Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2008] Reference
The squatter is really just a more systematic form of "hovering". From Wordnik.com. [gan_bei: 7/24/2007So, it's been a few days since] Reference
Obama was speaking and McCain was kind of hovering around in the background. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Polls Give Debate Win To Obama] Reference
But the center of circulation is still kind of hovering around the Tampa area. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2004] Reference
There's been one that's been kind of hovering over the area for at least an hour. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference
And as a result, they were up, and now they're kind of hovering around break even. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference
JERAS: Well, it's still kind of hovering around the southwestern hip of Haiti here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2006] Reference
The characters are kind of "hovering" in the air, not only visually but also mentally. From Wordnik.com. [Characters are important - but necessarily expensive?] Reference
Look how temperatures kind of hovering just over the 32 - degree mark, 34 to 36 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007] Reference
But you can see the center of the track really kind of hovering here across the Outer Banks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2005] Reference
All of this moisture is going to sit there kind of hovering around the Appalachians for a while. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2004] Reference
This is believed to be the nearest approach to "hovering" that has yet been achieved by a machine. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920] Reference
The center of circulation right now has been kind of hovering over toward Lakeland over towards the Winter Haven area. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2004] Reference
This "hovering" was not a single and instantaneous act. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Well, we've been kind of hovering between two and three. From Wordnik.com. [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference
If its summer time, i'm kind of hovering over the June month, banking left. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
And the Hebrew word for that "hovering" really means something more like "fluttering.". From Wordnik.com. [Scribere Orare Est] Reference
The object was described as "hovering" and bathed in golden light showing a comet-like tail. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
When the ambulance arrived, she was "hovering" over the golfer, who was bleeding from the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
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