Example Sentences

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Hovering over “The Score” is a larger question about the relationship between games and real life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Hovering just above the relegation zone, a point against an in-form City side would have moved Forest six points clear of West Ham in 18th.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Hovering is when an eaglet catches the wind at the right moment and it takes their body off the ground but they haven’t fully left the nest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

Hovering between realism and abstraction, these pieces, with their pink roses, puffy clouds and old-school amusement park rides drawn in rough, crosshatched lines, telegraph an almost childlike delight.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Hovering over the map was a little cutout of a Mercury capsule, suspended on a wire.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly