dwell on

Example Sentences

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But that morning, he didn’t have time to dwell on the attack.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

She manages comedy much better than sincerity but Coiro knows how to work around it, punctuating her big speeches with quick cutaways to comic relief so we don’t dwell on them too much.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

But during the greatest turnaround that Silicon Valley has ever seen, Jobs was fanatical about one idea: Apple was a place to invent the future, not dwell on the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Guardiola did not want to dwell on Wednesday's 3-0 defeat by Real Madrid in the Champions League last-16 before their trip to London Stadium.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

But Moniek refused to dwell on such things.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren