dwells on

Example Sentences

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He never dwells on errors, he just kicks on.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Neither dwells on the legions of reporters and editors whose careers have been derailed as the business, fixated on declining profits and slow to adapt to the internet, has shed jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

But Crawford says he dwells on the heartbreaking Houston series even more than the perfectly placed pop-fly he hit that fell among three Blue Jays fielders to drive in three runs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Madame Margaret, he says, dwells on the great difference of age between the King of France and Madame Eleanor.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.