dwelt upon
Example Sentences
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Bethany: True — it represents a nadir of D.A.A.M.’s cinematic experience, not to be dwelt upon further.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
“The fall of Washington was put to rest as one of those overwhelming and incurable evils which cannot be redressed, explained or dwelt upon, but must be consigned to contemptuous amnesty or merciful oblivion.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021
Closer to the current era, however, are the likes of Gloria Delgado Pritchett on “Modern Family,” whose history of being deported twice is breezily written into humorous dialogue and not substantially dwelt upon.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2019
It is an anecdote not dwelt upon with such gruesome detail in the thoroughly erudite catalog.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2014
The subsequent history of this disastrous expedition need not be dwelt upon.
