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dwelt upon

verb as in linger over; be engrossed in

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Example Sentences

He dwelt upon this contrivance, until it seemed too complicated for success.

The sailor, after the manner so often dwelt upon, is keeping up a pleasing travesty of sea-faring life.

All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.

My first glance took in a small fire; my second glance dwelt upon a scene that sent me into the open on the jump.

Above all she had dwelt upon the necessity of not letting the Choiseul party win possession of the dauphiness.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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