1.   A light rain hovers in the air.

2.   Across the room Linda was repeating her apologies, Oliver hovering in the background.

3.   As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.

4.   Ever since Christmas, the thought of the amethyst brooch seemed to hover in his thoughts.

5.   Her younger brother hovered in the background watching us.

6.   I saw the helicopter hover in the air, and then it crashed into our guest house.

7.   Overnight the cloud had been whisked away and a full moon hovered in the sky, drenching the rooftops with pale silver.

8.   Some one was playing rock music in the flat above and the faint throb hovered in the sitting-room.