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 other windows of this house were dark, and all was silent as though no living beings were dwelling in it.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
We found here a large fleet already assembled; but the horses were all landed, many officers were dwelling in tents on the shore, and everything gave indication that some further delay might be expected.
From The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)
Leonnatus, attended by some soldiers, advanced toward the tent where these mourners were dwelling.
From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Eyes were dwelling upon it—beautiful eyes; and yet there was a sadness in their look that ill accorded with the picture on which they were gazing.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
