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
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
Charles’s words were a striking contrast to the queen’s, which dwelt on her Christian faith in her Christmas messages.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2022
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
