- present participle of hover.
hovering
Example Sentences
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More important, unemployment has been hovering in the 4.1% to 4.4% range for more than two years, making that look like an equilibrium position for the labor market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The screen looked almost like a cheerful kitchen-table flat-lay: products arranged over a wood-grain background, hovering around a GoPuff bag as though someone had just come home and emptied the evening’s provisions onto the table.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
With long-term Treasury yields hovering at multidecade highs, traders have begun asking the uncomfortable question: How much will the U.S. need to pay to convince the world to keep lending it money?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Loans within publicly traded business-development companies, which are marketed to individual investors, that have been materially modified after origination have been hovering near their highest levels in at least a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I wondered what it felt like to be hovering like that with only a thin railing between him and the water, when I could barely keep my balance on the boat.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
