dwell
verb (used without object)
to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
were dwelling
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past progressiveof dwell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Their minds were dwelling on grim business, not frivolous hours in the sun; their voices were cleared for psalms and hymns that could drown out the incessant Muzak.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fairies were dwelling in the knoll, and they had a near neighbour who used to visit them in their home.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz
Pan Gideon meditated awhile as if he were dwelling on something.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Here we were dwelling in the very home of the Aurora; it stretched from east to west above us, a broad belt of radiant coloured lights.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
He returned to the use of a form of prayer which he prepared some time before, when his thoughts were dwelling upon religious things.
From The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
