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