dwelled upon

Not that we dwelled upon Tom's short-comings or rather perhaps his going too far, at the time when he worked the road so.

It dwelled upon Aylmer with expectancy and more than expectancy,—with hope.

Again he dwelled upon his aim, hesitated, fired, shook his head in self-reproach and fired again.

But a flash of feeling illuminated the pallid features as the Moor's glance reached and dwelled upon Aylmer's face.