dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
are dwelling
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present progressiveof dwell.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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El Paso can never fully move on from what happened five years ago — but that doesn’t mean people are dwelling on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
And another feature suggests that Instagram will "nudge" users towards other types of content "if people are dwelling on one topic for a while".
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2021
Thank you Nicolas Kristof for once again trying to awaken the conscience of those who are dwelling in a state of oblivion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
Their actions, character, and — yes, I think I can use this word — spirit have literally helped form your neural pathways, so that the way they thought, their little idiosyncrasies, are dwelling in you.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2017
In the village or the forest, on the water or the ground, Where the worthy ones are dwelling, there the earth's delights are found.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
