hovered

Example Sentences

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Out flew a sunny and smiling little personage, and Hovered about the room, throwing a light wherever she went.

From Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People by Ostertag, Blanche

And always at her side with sleepless care Hovered the young Felicitas—a slight And spiritual figure—every touch and tone Charged with premonitory tenderness, Herself so near to her own motherhood.

From Alcyone by Lampman, Archibald

Hovered thy spirit o’er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life’s journey just begun!

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel

Far away, Tossed like a feather, black against the sky, Hovered a tiny craft, its unknown lines Marked it as stranger, and the maidens all Curiously watched its coming to the shore.

From The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea by La Farge, John

It was the lovely moon that lovelike Hovered over the wandering, tired Earth, her bosom grey and dovelike, Hovering beautiful as a dove….

From Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir