Hovered

Examples

• Here and there, some early lamps were seen to twinkle in the distant city; and in the eastern quarter of the sky the lurid light still hovered. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The traveller's eye hovered about these things for a time, and finally settled upon one noteworthy object up there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But this agreeable holiday freedom with which Lydgate hovered about the flower of Middlemarch, could not continue indefinitely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was of course impossible to accept a loan from Rosedale; but proximate possibilities hovered temptingly before her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I hovered for ever around the walls of its Castle, beneath its enshadowing thickets; my sole companions were my books and my loving thoughts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He had her then removed to a more commodious dwelling, and hovered about her, again and again to assure himself that she was safe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Only a small, mechanical speck of consciousness hovered near him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• As he hovered on the opposite side of the street, exulting, the carriage drove up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My hands hovered about his throat awaiting the moment that his eyes should open. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Yet somewhere far off and small, the other hovered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She had hovered for a little while in the near neighbourhood of her abandoned dwelling, and had sold, and knitted and sold, and gone on. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The moth made towards the candle upon Eustacia's table, hovered round it two or three times, and flew into the flame. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Why hovered before my distempered vision the mere furniture, while the rooms and the locality were gone? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What awful fate hovered over me, that I should have been so terribly thwarted at every angle of my search for my lost love! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• After a slight repose, during which the spirits of the dead hovered round, and instigated me to toil and revenge, I prepared for my journey. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She was exactly the same as ever, and the same immortal butterflies hovered over her cap. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For a moment the vessel hovered motionless directly above the centre of the gaping void, then slowly she began to settle into the black chasm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• About this time strange feelings hovered round Fieldhead; restless hopes and haggard anxieties haunted some of its rooms. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And again, in the lake, shadowy red gleams hovered in reflection about the boat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I think in that instant I hovered upon the verge of insanity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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