hover
verb (used without object)
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
were 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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U.S. oil futures are trading near $88 a barrel, above the mid-$60 range where they were hovering before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Oil prices were hovering at near $100 a barrel early Friday, after several ships were recently attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
One woman from the UK told us she wanted to go home but was afraid to be interviewed as camp guards were hovering.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
It was 6:30 p.m., and temperatures were hovering in the low 90s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
I felt it, as if it were hovering just above me but I couldn’t grasp it.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
