dwells upon
Example Sentences
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In the modern era, the most influential version of the puzzle — and the one that “Reality+” most dwells upon — appears in the opening sections of René Descartes’ “Meditations.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
In characteristically self-aware fashion, he dwells upon the distinction between his story and that of the stereotypical chronic Lyme patient, while also using it to prop himself up as a rational one.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2021
He dwells upon the ugliness of the Baltimore slums where Ruth was born and the Alcatraz-like atmosphere of the Catholic industrial school where the Babe was sequestered for 10 years as a youth.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
But probabilities aren't something Liz dwells upon much, barely six months after Paul's death and almost a decade after Jeremy's.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2018
The Petrel, bird of storms, is found Five hundred leagues from any ground: He dwells upon the ocean-wave; He screams above the sailor's grave.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
