Hovers

No one mentions my mother, although her name hovers at the edges of our conversation. ❋ Jodi Picoult (2003)

Her name hovers on his lips, but then there is an explosion that blinds him—a newspaper photographer, again. ❋ JODI PICOULT (2002)

The attribution of the title hovers indeterminately between them – which sister is the focus of the narrative? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another leader whose name hovers near the top of our list is Maria Shriver. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Whites, Coloureds and Indians are less certain they should play this kind of political role, but even so, support for the idea hovers around the 40 percent mark." ❋ Unknown (1996)

JOHANNESBURG, April 25, Sapa-Reuter Despite repeated efforts to bury it, the emotive "N" word hovers like a vulture over South Africa's historic all-race elections. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Dove hovers, that is the Spirit of God, the Desire of all Nations. ❋ Edward Hutton (1922)

After more than 20 years of being one of those recognisable faces whose name hovers elusively on the tip of people's tongues, life may be about to change for Mark Ruffalo. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The way Al Pacino's name hovers to the right of, but ever so slightly higher up than, Robert De Niro's (imagine how many hours of lawyers 'time that gobbled up). ❋ Catherine Shoard (2008)

The contribution to the toilet, it just kind of hovers it doesn't fall. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Curiously it could be said to be making a come back in post-modernist painters such as Tuysman & Richter, where it 'hovers' in anxiety & incertitude rather than the inevitability of the 'penny dropping'. ❋ James Gurney (2009)

And I watched the whole thing and it just kind of hovers there. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But there you can see all of that thick smoke that just kind of hovers into the area and that's something to think about, you know, when there's not a lot of wind, that smoke just kind of there and can be very thick and it is hazardous to your health. ❋ Unknown (2008)