dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
had been dwelling
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past perfect progressiveof dwell.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For Raisuli, son of the desert, had captured Ion Perdicaris, U. S. citizen, son of a Greek who had been dwelling in Morocco for some 20 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Garman had been right; he had been dwelling in the Fool's Paradise of Youth, accepting dreams for realities.
From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry
She did know, or should, judging by herself, and how hers had been dwelling on dear Florencio.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne
“He gave you money then?” asked Challoner, who had been dwelling singly on that fact.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The whole train of events on which his mind so long had been dwelling came now forcibly before him.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
