voltiger

Une lumière bizarre voltigeait au-dessus du temple.
An unnatural light was seen hovering over the temple.
Le Nautilus, ralentissant son allure, voltigeait au-dessus des masses confuses du sol, tantôt les effleurant comme s'il eût voulu s'y poser, tantôt remontant capricieusement à la surface des flots.
The Nautilus slowed down, hovering above the muddled masses on the seafloor, sometimes grazing them as if wanting to come to rest, sometimes rising unpredictably to the surface of the waves.
Le Nautilus, ralentissant son allure, voltigeait au-dessus des masses confuses du sol, tantôt les effleurant comme s’il eût voulu s’y poser, tantôt remontant capricieusement à la surface des flots.
The Nautilus slowed down, hovering above the muddled masses on the seafloor, sometimes grazing them as if wanting to come to rest, sometimes rising unpredictably to the surface of the waves.
Le pollen des fleurs voltigeait dans l'air, c'est pourquoi j'ai éternué.
The pollen from the flowers was fluttering in the air which is why I sneezed.
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