Example Sentences

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Not that he was dwelling on the old days.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

He was dwelling on his mistakes, replaying poor routes or missed assignments in his head on a loop.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2020

As Twitter excoriated the group for their laziness and inability to use stamps, and defenders began to emerge, I was dwelling on one detail that cropped up in these youths’ explanations.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2018

Phra Dhammachayo briefly achieved international notoriety in 2012, the Wall Street Journal reports, by making bizarre claims that Steve Jobs had been reincarnated as a warrior spirit and was dwelling in a heavenly palace.

From Time • Jun. 17, 2016

Apparently Voldemort was dwelling endlessly on the unknown youth with the gleeful face, whose name and whereabouts, Harry felt sure, Voldemort knew no better than he did.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling