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
There for some days had been dwelling a young penniless good-for-nothing whom the officials mistake for the dreaded Revisor.
From Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy by Ivan Panin
When Robert came back from the far country in which he had been dwelling, for a little space, he looked into a long face, with eyes set close and a curved nose.
From The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
But Jock, in the awkwardness of his youth, blushed fiery red, and turned away his gaze, which, indeed, had been dwelling upon her with an absorbed but shy attention.
From Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Surely it must have seemed to them that they had been dwelling for a period in warmer climes, with gay colors, and warmth, and sweet sounds around them.
From Sunrise by William Black
