- hover
- 01. The helicopter [hovered] over the fishing boat and threw down a ladder.02. Hummingbirds are the only bird which can [hover] continuously in one place.03. My mother-in-law is always [hovering] over me when I'm cooking supper, making suggestions and trying to tell me what to do.04. The angels [hovered] over the bed of the child, praying for her recovery.05. The Canadian dollar is [hovering] around 80.70 cents US, down 0.34 cents from Wednesday's close.06. The eagle [hovered] in the sky, readying itself to swoop down and snatch up a mouse.07. We could see a bunch of seagulls [hovering] over this one spot in the water, so we figured there must be a lot of small fish near the surface there.08. Interest rates seem to be [hovering] at about 2.5%.09. The little girl became nervous when a couple of bees began [hovering] over her bouquet of flowers.10. I hate it when salesclerks [hover] over me. I wish they'd just let me look around without bothering me.11. The birds [hovered] in the sky, looking for a safe place to land.12. The mother [hovered] over her children, always ready to help if the need arose.13. The spacecraft [hovered] above the planet for a few minutes before touching down.14. I could see the ghost of my dead father [hovering] above my hospital bed, and I imagined he was waiting to take me with him.15. The nurse [hovered] over the sick child, checking to see if he had fallen asleep.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.