How to Use dwell in a Sentence

dwell

verb

• The Fever do not have much time to dwell on the tough loss.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2021
• But the film doesn’t dwell on the tragedy that took their sons.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2021
• Most of the time, Aldridge will not dwell on any of this.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2018
• The point of keeping death in mind isn’t to dwell on the macabre.
  — Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
• At least you guys don't have much time to dwell on the L.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
• Truth be told, the Longhorns haven’t spent much time dwelling on the Bulldogs.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• The heads of Yoruba earth deities emerge around the roots of the tree and the Yoruba gods dwell at the crown of the tree.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 12 May 2018
• That said, change forces us to move forward and not dwell on the past.
  — Mary Juetten, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• Most of us don’t want to dwell on that type of imagery.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 11 Jan. 2022
• There will be little time to dwell on the first test of the 2025 season.
  — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
• Chisholm knows this well and chooses not to dwell on it.
  — USA Today, 25 June 2021
• There was little time for the young Marines to dwell on the danger.
  — Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
• Allow me for a moment to dwell on the fall of the wall in Germany in 1989, please.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2022
• To be hard is to let things roll off you, to live in the present, to not dwell or worry.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2021
• In other words, the Tigers don’t have time to dwell on their 29-point loss in Tuscaloosa.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 29 Nov. 2020
• But the band is ready to focus on the music these days rather than dwelling on the past.
  — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
• But so far, at least, the complaints have dwelled on the predictable.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• In the meantime, send your regards and don't dwell on it.
  — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 21 June 2025
• The aim is to look forward and find ways to improve, instead of dwelling on the past.
  — Melody Wilding, Lmsw, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Trump won’t dwell on any of this during the campaign, of course.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2020
• Whether or not that applies to you, don't dwell on your job loss.
  — Anne Fisher, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2019
• Still, Hurley doesn’t want his team to dwell on this game.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• Game 2 is scheduled for Friday, so the team doesn't have much time to dwell on the loss.
  — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
• The play’s ending may feel a bit abrupt but there is still much to dwell on its depths.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Of course, Hehir doesn’t dwell on these things, either.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2020
• It’s known for its striking blue hue and named for the black bears that dwell in the woods nearby.
  — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
• But the government doesn’t seem to want to dwell on these scary stats, Davis says.
  — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
• The coach claims there’s no reason to dwell on past points when time can be spent on points to come.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Seeing Princess Diana in the video makes my heart swell and dwell.
  — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 14 Nov. 2018
• Under the bill, municipalities cannot require more than one parking space per dwelling unit or a multilevel parking structure.
  — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025