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Sentence Examples Helicopter downwash ruffled the river's waters as Lynx, Gazelle and Sea Kings hovered over the action. His eyes were twinkling with mischief and a playful smile hovered on his lips. She blew a smoke ring and contemplated it as it hovered in the still air like a misty halo before dissipating. In recent times, the voter turnout in elections has hovered around 50 percent, with young voters in particular staying away in droves. There was a monster of an oak off to her right that hovered right next Chase's window. The average weight of these unenergetic participants hovered between rotund and obese. I like to think it was a part of me that hovered there, lost and afraid, alien and lonely, slinking after my retreating steps. He hovered beside her as she hobbled around the truck to the fire, afraid she would slip or lose her balance. As it hovered menacingly, it spoke the now familiar words in its screeching voice. Then she cast a spell on me to make me float in the air, and she hovered right near me. The 10 aircraft made an impressive sight as they hovered in a stack above HMAS Albatross. The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals. Her car was pursued by a caravan of newspaper reporters, while television cameramen hovered overhead in helicopters. Helicopters, carrying photographers determined to steal a glimpse of the occupants, hovered low overhead. Although the temperature hovered in the forties, a stiff wind had picked up. Temperatures throughout the region hovered around the minus five degrees Celsius range for most of the two week storm. By the time of Mitterrand's exit from politics in 1995, the country suffered from a structural unemployment rate that hovered around 12 per cent. A giant chandelier hovered over them lit with many candles illuminating the room. The brunette hovered around her like a mother hen, watching carefully to ensure that she did not overtire herself, while the blonde hung back. Army helicopters hovered overhead as mobile telephone networks were shut down to prevent crowds communicating. Show More Sentences The lad moved the bow across the fiddle strings, and the moment he did, the birds stopped flying overhead and hovered to listen. Overhead 10 helicopters hovered, cameramen and photographers ready to shoot the action. The same gull hovered over the next green, but was driven away by the irate golfers. By mid-morning, helicopters hovered overhead and police barked orders through bullhorns to keep order on the ground. A year later, as I stood waiting for a bus that wasn't coming, helicopters hovered overhead. His hand hovered over the phone before he lifted it and punched the buttons. Her sweet customary scent, Evening of Paris, hovered over the tension of the car. The car really was on a bad angle, hovered over the ditch like that, it looked like we'd had a terrible accident. Once more, Julia's endearingly grubby little hand hovered over the clasp of her tote. Leanne's hand hovered over a large, blue button on her console, preparing to press it. The lights were on from the start and the dark clouds hovered over the ground. With all her usual care, Agatha switched the machine on and moved the cursor slowly until it hovered over the Internet Explorer icon. I still love a good steak but I do miss that odd hint of petrochemicals that sometimes hovered over his meats. A tenacious lone Black-winged kite hovered over the grassland even as darkness engulfed the hills. He hovered over us, leering at our nubile young bodies, asking stupid questions and generally making us uncomfortable. She hovered over her father, cleared a path for him, scanned the small crowd anxiously. I remember my mum completely losing it and Nana just hovered over pop stroking his white hair back over and over. Marina now hovered over me with a complete set of dental instruments, a blender, and what looked like a microwave wired into a lawnmower. So he hovered close and waited, and in the middle of the third week, his vigilance paid off. I cautiously hovered over it and a text-box popped up with the URL of the previous page in the weblog I was reading. Show More Sentences The set didn't completely achieve lift-off, though it hovered very close at times. Broken down socioeconomically, the figures for most backgrounds hovered around this level. The traffic lights were switched off, a helicopter hovered overhead, and along came a glare of headlights. As long as this litigation was pending, uncertainty hovered over innovation like a dark cloud. She looked to the side, and two faces hovered over her, both pinched and worried. When the powdered something hit the water, a filmy silver light hovered over the rim of the smooth darkened wood of the cup. A weather inversion in the area meant smoke hovered close to the ground Monday, causing visibility problems for traffic and aircraft. He grasped the gilded footboard and straightened his elbows, such that he hovered over the bed rather than sitting on it. There it hovered, a dark and foreboding presence, seeming to slather as this new thing to devour came closer. A fork of lightning illuminated the imposing shape that hovered in the doorway. Another stream of smoke poured out of his mouth and hovered near the ceiling. These dealers were usually people of independent means, and a certain reticent gentility hovered over their dealings. This time around he groggily sat up and rubbed his head while staring at the girl that hovered over him like a mother hen. He didn't say a word, just hovered somewhere between embarrassment, happiness and discomfort for a while. His mind hovered for a moment round the doubtful date on the page, and then fetched up with a bump against the Newspeak word doublethink. A safety diver hovered above and two guys were up top ready to haul me out if anything went awry. Rather, they hovered above the waveless sea as he walked further out into the horizon. It hovered just above the knee, the perfect length for the customers he's looking to serve. A female loggerhead turtle, the size of a wardrobe, hovered round their heads looking for a place to put down. The group hovered along the surface, flying over the lava fields and dodging the rare incoming of a lava bomb. Show More Sentences We were tailed up the stairs by more than one guide-cum-secret agent, who first hovered and then circled repeatedly. Vinton still hovered over his wounded sister and felt extremely awful for shooting her. Like jackals around a tiger kill, small flies hovered around the feasting mantis, even daring to settle on its grotesque pea-like eyes. A cloud of lint hovered over the seamstresses and their sewing machines like a multicolored fog over a river. Large schools of butterfly perch hovered, while sea perch glared at us as they sat motionless on the rocks. He hovered in midair for a moment, then soared upward, flying through the air. She then followed me into the dressing area and hovered until I tipped her. The indicator has not pushed through the 80 level and for the most part has hovered around the mid range of 40-60 on our chart. As we ascended to the safety stop, the mid-water fish schools hovered, keeping us company until our time on this stately ship was up. Shoppers in the High Street were confused by the police presence and scores of people were transfixed on the sky as the helicopter hovered above. There was a tremor in her voice that made him think she hovered on the brink of tears. At church, he hovered around Ruth like a fly, attentive to a fault. With good sightlines, a mezzanine and balcony that hovered over the action, and regularly scheduled doubleheaders, the Garden was a perfect venue for round-ball. The sun was coming up over the old Sears building as a gaggle of women hovered over their toddlers and scurried across the street to catch the 5 bus. Thick, low clouds hovered over Jay's house like fists ready to strike. News helicopters overhead hovered with cameras sweeping the scene. A bevy of white-shirted staff hovered around us, thrusting into our hands rather scruffy menus, more suited to the takeaway side of the business than the restaurant. They had their hoods drawn in the manner of their kind, and like vultures over a battlefield or perhaps like wraiths over a grave, they hovered over him to see if he was hurt. Waiting for the perfect time, Angel hovered over the guards. The clouds still hovered above us, and it was quite foggy outside. Show More Sentences My left hand shook as it hovered over the holster to my gun. Mosaic leatherjackets hovered, asleep in nearly every steel beam. A single diamond solitaire hovered above the hollow of her throat. And among other things the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the balconies till they were some of them burned and fell down. When they arrived on Friday morning, three police helicopters hovered overhead, rows of police formed up behind the barricade and police dogs patrolled the grounds. We hovered for a while watching the sweepers being herded one way and then another by black grouper, squirrelfish and the occasional swooping jackfish. Every now and then a walker, runner or cyclist would pass, a squirrel searched for a tree in a totally treeless landscape and miner bees hovered over their holes. The other boats of Kilthan's convoy floated ahead and astern of his own, nuzzling the docks, hatches battened down, and a peaceful sense of expectancy hovered about them. My staff hovered over the delectables, creating a tableau vivant that could have been immortalized by Titian, if he had remembered to bring his brushes. Dishes in hand, I hovered over the sink and smiled to myself. He reached out with one hand, and it hovered over her shoulder. Mixed schools of porgy and tang hovered over the wreck, and blue chromis, almost too small to spot easily, sought protection from predators within its crusty surface. Then as the wasps hovered towards him he quickly dived to safety. As I stammered my way to buying a bag of apples, and my classmates donned other wacky guises, Ralph hovered close by to cast a critical eye and ear over our performances. We hovered a dozen feet behind them, straining to overhear without being too obvious about it. The synthetic muscles still moved smoothly, and the abstract mirrors of the printed circuits hovered unbroken just under the surface of the flesh. He gathered speed and hovered near the largest group of battling soldiers. I shook my head, and as security lightly hovered near me, contemplated buying a spiderman lamp. As his father's concerned face hovered over him, Joe grinned. The economy added jobs steadily through the first quarter, and the stock market hovered around record highs. Show More Sentences In the 1990s, support for stricter gun laws hovered between 60 and 78 percent. In the gathering dusk, a full moon hovered over the eastern sky. He was in the process of cutting up some kind of machine with a blow torch, several parts of it were on fire and a plume of oily smoke hovered over it. An unvoiced sob now hovered behind her words, making her sound intolerably vulnerable to this new enemy, but there was nothing she could do about it. Before the Concordia came to town, the local population hovered somewhere between 600 and 900 during the winter months. Dozens of demoiselles hovered, waiting for the combfish to remove their parasites while the goatfish below seemed oblivious to the free grooming services available. A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence. Barracuda hovered overhead or patrolled the deck, while black durgons flitted like shadows inside a wheelhouse lined with brilliant red and golden sponges. As the young men made their entrances, they passed Mimi, who hovered stage right patiently awaiting Rodolfo. When monsoonlike rain poured over Jamaica Center last week, Ms. Prieto hovered over her baskets to guard her fruit. His batting average has hovered in the.330s all season and he has played his usual sticky-fingered defense at second. I could have settled the load onto the deck and hovered in ground effect to regain the lost rotor speed. Quindt, the office quidnunc, nervously hovered near the door of the men's room. A helicopter hovered overhead, catching every second of the gnarly ride. And since 1998, eighth graders have hovered around the same levels. I watched in slow motion as he elevated a sloppy spoonful to his mouth and a great splodge of the goo hovered precariously on the edge. The result is that over all these initiatives in classification have hovered the spectres of basidiomycete, and especially ascomycete, taxonomy. The threat of falling out of the Football League hovered over them like the sword of Damocles. Now, the ankh that Thoth always held hovered in the air between Sekhmet and the Magus, and both fixed their gaze upon it. Three or four of these huge cartilaginous fish, ten feet from wingtip to wingtip, hovered in swift currents to feed, slightly flapping their wings to remain in place. Show More Sentences The lurid unearthly glow still hovered in the shadowy chamber, lighting ghostlily the dead face of Thugra Khotan, which seemed to grin mirthlessly and cavernously at them. United Continental says the percentage of passengers who bring bags on board has hovered around 87 percent in recent years, but the size of the carry-ons has been increasing. Hospitalization rates hovered around 15 percent or higher during the second and third years after gastric bypass, Zingmond's team reports in the same JAMA issue. To the strains of plinky plonky harp music, her fingertips hovered a centimetre or two above my face, occasionally coming into land for a light prod. After temperatures hovered in the 50s last year, and the dress of choice was a sweater and stocking cap, the forecast for today calls for a high of about 80 and plenty of sun. Examples from Classical Literature For an instant, the accelerometer hovered at twelve G, and slipped toward thirteen. Under the baldachin hovered a gilded Cupid, spotted and faded, with his arrow aimed at the bed. The monsters who had hovered about his neck were battening on his vitals now. It was a Camberwell beauty, and Hildegarde followed it about a little as it hovered lazily from one daisy to another. When the message was typed by the decoder Ihjel hovered over it, reading each word as it appeared on the paper. Bees hummed among the scabious, and blue and sulphur butterflies hovered over the patches of wild thyme. The eastern sky, vivid with seashell tints, hovered so low that the topmost crags seemed to support its glowing colors. I was standing near them, and two other masks, both in domino, hovered about. Like a mother she hovered over us and you could see her heart was bursting with love for us far-out sons of empire. He asked her to marry him, and his fatness hovered above her like an avalanche. As the vessel neared the shore, a large hebridean eagle hovered over the masts. They swarmed round him like hiving bees and hovered about him like butterflies. I knew now that he had hovered at Cleopatra's door hoping for a cry of pleasure. Katherine for once took up the gauntlet, while one of her sphinxlike smiles hovered about her mouth. In the background hovered Winklestein, his little, squeezed-up, tallowy face beaded with perspiration. Clouds hovered over us, delicate and fleecy as the feathers of the marabou, and white and curly as the feathers of the ostrich. At length, he eased his ship over the parklike area over Administrative Square and hovered over the parking entry. Poe could indeed do it, although he hovered at times near the border of insanity. The religieuse hovered sleepily in the background with an overdue and neglected dose. Marian's pretty hands hovered over the teacups, and he noticed that the left one was ringless. Show More Sentences On the 27th, after levying a contribution on Roseau, the enemy re-embarked, and hovered that day and the next about this post. It hovered about Eurylochus, and almost brushed his face with its wings. I hovered near, anxious that the service should be without flaw. Instinctively his hand leaped to the propulsion control and hovered there. Mrs. Higbee hovered near him with an air of proud ownership. The storm petrel hovered high, swooped close, her lips parted. The new moon illumined part of the sky and a mist hovered like a veil over the sinuosities of the river. Dust waves hovered over Jeddah on Sunday as meteorologists predicted Makkah and Madinah regions to be affected as well by the duststorm. In this way, they hovered round him, feathering him with arrows, as he reared and plunged about, until he was bristled all over like a porcupine. She hovered round him, birdlike, intent on his every movement. A birdy, ancient woman hovered about them with noises of concern. He hovered above, and dropped, light as a feather, upon the rooftop. She hovered around me maternally, obviously trying to cheer me. After you left I sent down to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over it all day. Steve began to scowl and a vixenish smile hovered at Isom's lips. The flickering rays of the 'armor' nut just served to reveal their savage lineaments, without dispelling the darkness that hovered about them. She was an Egeria who hovered above him, gently smiling at his earthiness. Birds of prey hovered here and there in the shadows, or fled from their nests on the top of the rocks. It was the thought that had hovered, dim and wordless, in his own mind. Lucy, who was in the little seat, seemed on the edge of a green magic carpet which hovered in the air above the tremulous world. Show More Sentences Bailey hovered over the stove, trying to figure up some accounts. Now for a moment, the four who were left of the sons of Jikiza hovered round the pair, feinting at them from afar, but never coming within reach of axe or club. The balloon had just come in sight, far aloft in the sky, where it hovered majestically for a few moments, and then descended slowly, without deviating from its perpendicular. Before the eyes of Jacob and Sarah Wade there had hovered, like a promise, the picture of the snug farm that could be evolved from this virgin soil. Find more words! 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