hover
verb (used without object)
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
will hover
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future tenseof hover.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Morningstar’s assumption is that HSBC’s CET1 ratio will hover around 14% over the next 10 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
On Friday morning, temperatures across the UK will hover between -2 and 2C and throughout the day are not expected to reach any higher than 6C.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
Downtown Los Angeles will hover between the upper 60s and low 70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
In other Washington news, the hedge fund mogul Bill Ackman said he’s betting against 30-year Treasury notes, a bearish move, believing U.S. inflation will hover around an elevated 3 percent.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
But one, whose bosom knows full well, The heartless scene, the winter spell, That soon will hover o'er thee.
From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Abigail Stanley Hanna
