hover around
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
To stay near someone or something.
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Examples (10)
- She couldn't bear him hovering around her.
- The helicopter hovered around the disaster site for hours.
- Prices hovered around the $100 mark for most of the day.
- A small crowd hovered around the artist, watching him paint.
- He likes to hover around the kitchen whenever food is being prepared.
- The children hovered around their parents, eager for attention.
- Uncertainty hovered around the company's future after the merger.
- Flies hovered around the picnic basket, attracted by the sweets.
- Her eyes hovered around the room, searching for a familiar face.
- Temperatures will hover around freezing point tonight.