He says it's like watching a mother hover over a sick kid.

My mother and aunt hovered about, trying to make him comfortable.

The mother hovered for a minute or two, and then in the way of the wilderness, deserted the weak and went on after her mate.

He opened his eyes and his mother was hovering over him with a cup of camomile tea.

His mother and baby sister hover nearby, looking forlorn.

Alina's mother hovered at the other end of the bed, obviously intimidated by the room and those working to save her daughter.

While he stuffed the few things he valued into a couple of plastic bags, his mother hovered over him.

When my mother wasn't hovering in hospital hallways with watery coffee, she wrote novels.

Her mother hovered over them and asked if anyone would like more tea.

The mother hovered over her children, always ready to help if the need arose.