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 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
She exerted herself, and did try to make her comfortable, by considering all that had passed as a mere trifle, and quite unworthy of being dwelt on,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
