Example Sentences

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"We've come to sport with you, my young friends, for a while, because our beloved house-master has hove us out of our diggin's."

From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard

I've been waiting here 'most an hour and not a soul has hove in sight.

From Heart of Gold by Brown, Ruth Alberta

"Go on deck, my lord, and see if the Dover has hove in any upon her larboard bower, so as to bring her more on our quarter."

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore