dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
had dwelled
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past perfectof dwell.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors, he said, had dwelled on the lurid details of the affair, but that wasn’t evidence of murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
Like EconTalk’s Russ Roberts, I wish Stegenga had dwelled more on cancer treatments, which have occupied me lately.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2019
I wish that both directors had dwelled longer on these in-group tensions.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
If Eastwood and company had dwelled on that cost, or taken a different, tougher-minded look at its own hero, I suspect we wouldn't have a movie that just enjoyed a $105 million opening weekend.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 20, 2015
For years he had dwelled on that walk across the park.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
