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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hover.

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Examples

  • Is it possible that shampooing sounds far more agreeable than scrubbing because the word hovered between ideas of health and hedonism when it first entered English?

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Is it possible that shampooing sounds far more agreeable than scrubbing because the word hovered between ideas of health and hedonism when it first entered English?

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • His expression hovered somewhere between disgusted and concerned as he watched his ex-girlfriend toss the wipe aside and snag yet another.

    Pure Sin Kate Brian 2010

  • His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.

    The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981

  • His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.

    The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981

  • His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.

    The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981

  • The word hovered in the air a moment after she’d spoken.

    Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008

  • The word hovered in the air a moment after she’d spoken.

    Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008

  • His expression hovered somewhere between curiosity and suspicion.

    Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999

  • Her expression hovered somewhere between excitement and dismay.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

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