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
But I am dwelling too long on this subject.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
I am dwelling with St. Pachomius, the founder of the monastery at Tabenna.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley
But I am dwelling too much on the picturesque side of the Duke and so getting too near the caricature view of the man.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
