dwelt

Example Sentences

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Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

He was considered one of the leading contenders for the 2024 National and was sent off at odds of 10-1 but dwelt at the start and unseated rider Brian Hayes at The Chair.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

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

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

Sleep, and Death, his brother, dwelt in the lower world.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton