Ma, standing by, looking anxiously from one to the other, face puckered, tears hovering.

The corners of his mouth were turned down, and tears hovered in his eyes.

I feel nothing, no pain; but strangely enough, tears hover.

Mary smiled a little crookedly as tears hovered, then were suppressed.

And tears hovered in her eyes.

I could feel myself breaking into an irresistible and malicious smile, even as the tears still hovered in my eyes.

So many years of her life, she thought, and the tears hovered.