Used in a Sentence

hovering

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hovering.

Editorial note

That visual effect when hovering over a link is really bad.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of one who hovers.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hovering gathered in one view.

noun

The act of one who hovers.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hovering.

noun

The act of one who hovers.

Example sentences

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That visual effect when hovering over a link is really bad.

2

The drone is hovering well over 10 feet.

3

The entire EU GDP growth rate is hovering around 1% and has for a very long time.

4

The color is wonderful, the objects are wonderful, but they are hovering above the table and the fruit on the platter is painted like it's going to roll out.

5

Isn't hovering the link and just see where it goes enough to detect a phishing attempt?

6

The issue with these drones is that are constantly hovering and constantly attacking the helicopters.

7

Even today's game do lack fine touches and are hovering the Uncanny Valley, but it seems people are used to it...

8

In my head I imagine Snow Crash and terminals hovering everywhere; but I doubt that would be usable.

9

With one of them being a crane drop from a hovering rocket!?

10

In the US at least you can get 30 year fixed mortgages that are currently hovering about 4% for 80%+ of the purchase price.

11

This occurred when temps during the commute was hovering around 0dC.

12

I can't believe I missed that and kept hovering over it like an idiot, then going aaaah, crap, I have to press Alt.

Quote examples

1

It's not obvious that "pony up" means to settle an account, rather than something about hovering horses.

2

I've sanitized all of my social media because, as a startup founder, the magnifying glass of "due diligence" is hovering over me at all times.

3

Look for messages in the status bar (which is usually hidden, but typically becomes visible on resource load or when hovering over a link), changes of favicons to spinners in tabs, and the change of the reload graphic to a "stop" graphic.

Proper noun examples

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Hovering/dropping in a zone changes attributes in a list of JS objects and the visual feedback is handled by the rendering code you'd need to draw the layout anyway plus another 20% for the drop previewing/hovering.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hovering in a sentence?

That visual effect when hovering over a link is really bad.

What does hovering mean?

The act of one who hovers.

What part of speech is hovering?

hovering is commonly used as noun.