Listeners were entranced by his big body hovering over the keyboard, and by his bear-paw hands, which could deliver both hammerlike blows and the most delicate caresses.
The opening of his arms from a halo position, the luxuriant rigor with which his body hovered amid a simple transfer of weight from one foot to the other: these registered with powerful beauty throughout the big theater, every bit as wonderful as his most athletic and virtuoso flights.
Werner Groebli, who as Frick of the famous ice-skating comedy team of Frick & Frack, cracked up and wowed audiences for nearly 30 years with tricks like skating in circles while bent backward at the knees so that his body hovered almost parallel to the ice, died April 14 in Zurich.
Thus, chaturanga dandasana (four-legged staff pose, which looks like the bottom of a pushup, your body hovering inches above the floor) might become "chili-pepper pasta" if you've got dinner reservations at the latest outpost of the latest fusion craze.
Or else their necks are eerily elongated, or their bodies hovering strangely above the floor.
Some bodies hover uncertainly under the United Nations umbrella, performing half-necessary functions such as maritime law or heritage rescue.
Some of the most captivating works take the form of sheets of transparent acetate suspended between glass where the painted circles – pale as bubbles, or dark as night – float in thin air, alien bodies hovering in space, creating the most unexpected reflections and shadows.
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Though they resemble the fearsome sea serpents of folklore, a recent video of a live oarfish in the Gulf of Mexico revealed that the fish are actually quite motionless in their natural habitat; they use paddlelike fins that help them balance as their snakelike bodies hover vertically in the water.
Normal body temperature hovers around 37 °C (98.6 °F), but a number of factors can affect this value, including exposure to the elements, hormones, metabolic rate, and disease, leading to excessively high or low body temperatures.
