hover
verb (used without object)
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
was hovering
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past progressiveof hover.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The yen was hovering around 154.80 on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
By comparision, the price of Brent before the war was hovering around $70 a barrel.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
By Tuesday morning, that number was hovering around 17,000 residents, Dowd said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Brent crude was hovering near $110 per barrel when the market closed, while the domestic benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, was around $103 per barrel.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
The little icthyod was hovering around, chirping and sniffing Werfel.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
