hover
verb (used without object)
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
had hovered
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past perfectof hover.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The total beat expectations which had hovered around $5 million for a film which had opened in close to 2,000 theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026
Cyclone Alfred had hovered for days off the country's east coast as a category two cyclone before weakening into a tropical depression on Saturday.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
Studios forecasts had hovered around an $80 million opening weekend for “Barbie” and about $40 million for “Oppenheimer.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
In the prior three weeks, claims had hovered at elevated levels last seen in October 2021.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
Silence had hovered over my head, beauty multiplying in the air, the trees so transparent I felt I could see through to something pure inside them.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
