dwell on

Example Sentences

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Her premonition was complete fiction, and he would not dwell on it another moment.

From Literature

If you make a mistake, don’t dwell on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, leaders of both countries have tended not to dwell on the past in public, but focused on reconciliation.

From BBC

There was no time to dwell on it as I exited the restaurant area and dashed downstairs to change.

From Literature

The historian who writes about decline and fall will dwell on the misdeeds of statesmen; the novelist focuses on family.

From The Wall Street Journal