dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
am dwelling
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present progressiveof dwell (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The reason I am dwelling on the words he spoke then and now is because the obvious narrative is one of victory for Virginia Giuffre.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2022
So here is what I am dwelling on:
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2021
Build thou up a fence of iron, And of stone a castle build us, Round the spot where I am dwelling, And round both sides of my people.
From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot
I am dwelling on them long enough to consider what can be done about them.
From The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak by Gerald Stanley Lee
I see I am dwelling too long upon my own small adventures.
From Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler
