verb
definition
To live; to reside.
definition
To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
definition
To be in a given state.
definition
To abide; to remain; to continue.
Examples of dwelled in a Sentence
He dwelled on the unexpected lack of emotion.
Jenn dwelled on his words.
It seemed too real, and he'd dwelled long on what he could remember of the conversation.
His senses tingled, and he dwelled on how his defensive powers almost seemed to work when nothing else did.
She sensed weakness and dwelled on the instinct for a moment.
They were all suffering; the more he dwelled on it, the worse it seemed.
He dwelled on her scent, the taste of her, the kiss.
Try to maintain a balance in which things are taken seriously, but not dwelled upon.
The drive home was quick as he dwelled on his thoughts.
Jule felt the creature's presence disappear and dwelled on the odd arrangement.
Bitterness crept through her as she dwelled on his words.
They were quiet the remainder of the trip while Sofia dwelled over what she'd seen in Traci's future.
Gabriel dwelled on this new information.
He couldn.t help the thought, and he dwelled on Gabriel.s words.
Taran dwelled on their words and hers.
Here the bread and wine become by consecration tenements in which the Word is reincarnated, as he aforetime dwelled in flesh.
The praetor, after the occupation of Syracuse, dwelled there in the palace of Hiero, as in the capital of the island.
The Grey God disappeared, and Jule dwelled on his parting words.
Gabriel dwelled on the idea with the same irony that made Wynn regret his vengeance.
She wiped her face as she went, and she dwelled angrily on the second traitor within her walls, Taran.
Wherever groups of enthusiastic people dwelled, the Chicken Dance was sure to find them.
For the prisoners that dwelled in the Federal Penitentiary between 1934 to 1963, that distance was tortuously close and maddeningly far.
She dwelled on Gabriel's touch, lost momentarily.