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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hover .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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His pulse leaped and her name hovered on his lips.
The Hostage Bride Janet Dailey 1981
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The word hovered in the air a moment after she’d spoken.
Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008
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The word hovered in the air a moment after she’d spoken.
Last Christmas Kate Brian 2008
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His expression hovered somewhere between curiosity and suspicion.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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Her expression hovered somewhere between excitement and dismay.
Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995
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