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
He thinks about the video Caitlin made, how barely anyone in it dwelt on football.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
In the "risk assessment" part of its statement explaining its latest rate hike last week, the European Central Bank dwelt on various threats to the region's outlook, starting with the Ukraine war.
From Reuters • Dec. 20, 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
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