dwelt on
Example Sentences
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It dwelt on historical themes and called for unity among Ethiopians.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 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
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
Yet he found a friend, a boatmaker who dwelt on the next islet eastward.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
