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
Not a burning forest, for there is no high timber on that range of foot-hills, but smoke arising from a place where people are dwelling.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
