dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
has dwelt
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present perfectof dwell (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since then, he has dwelt alone, “as a hermit crab,” in a hut among snowy mountains.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 22, 2016
For years, however, the Endowment for the Humanities' budget has dwelt far below the 1979 high of $390 million, adjusted for inflation, before significant cuts in the 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
But this is a Richard who seems incapable of any genuine human relationship and who talks of "the blind cave of eternal night" as if he has dwelt in it all his life.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2012
Quirky, loud and unpredictable, college radio has dwelt for a half-century at the left of the dial, a youthful counterpart to public radio.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2011
Gentlemen, the Attorney-General has not done justice to Mr. Haslam; he has dwelt upon the passages contained in the indictment, but has left the Jury in total ignorance of the general nature of the work.
From The Trial of Henry Hetherington by Hetherington, Henry
