dwelt

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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

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

At Lake Tahoe’s Kings Beach on Wednesday, though, colleagues and admirers dwelt on her capacity to keep the lake’s restoration at the top of the federal government’s mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

In such vault I had been told did Mr. Reed lie buried; and led by this thought to recall his idea, I dwelt on it with gathering dread.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë