dwelt on
Example Sentences
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On average, their eyes dwelt on their screen for longer when the language was angry and emotive.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Anne Frank and her family are mentioned but not dwelt on at length — a touch that feels of a piece with McQueen’s expansive, egalitarian sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
If anything, the new episodes cover even more fraught ground than the earlier ones, which dwelt on the toxic relationship between the couple and the tabloids.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, while our good ship made time, bound outward down the wind for the strange island of Seirenes.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
