dwelt on

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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

In later years, Gorbachev dwelt on whether he could have averted the events that ultimately triggered the Soviet Union's collapse, described by Putin as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022

The cultural and symbolic weight of black women’s hair is touched on, but not dwelt on, in “Self Made.”

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020

Her fingers dwelt on the page, and then she got up and left her will face upward on the desk.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck