dwelled

variants or dwelt
past tense of dwell

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dwelled The Acjachemen people dwelled for 10,000 years on land that stretched from Long Beach to the north, Las Pulgas to the south, and Temecula to the east, said Chris Lobo, who has ancestral ties to the Juaneño, Luiseno and Diegueño tribes. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025 Jahn seems to have dwelled in a similar milieu. Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025 Safety is mentioned, but not dwelled upon. Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs. Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwelled
Verb
  • But New Delhi remained notably silent on the subject of domestic repression.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
  • After adjustments were made to address this issue, 4o remained incredibly popular.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • One of those neighbors was Lat Williams, who has lived full-time on the same stretch of beach as Morgan and Dodick for decades.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Billionaire Hushang Ansary has lived his life at the junction of money and power.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Desler moved to stand beside the Emperor’s throne and stayed there, hands clasped behind her back.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The following year came his transfer to Manchester City, where Thornley was top scorer and captain and stayed for eight years before moving to South Shields in the north-east of England.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Miami Gardens Detective Jeremy McIntyre said Clayton had been living in San Diego for about a year before his arrest and had previously resided in Delaware.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The tragedy of the Bradley is still a painful sting to communities across Presque Isle County, where many of the crew resided.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Her service was never impacted, and months later, she was assigned to Annapolis and waited for a spot to open up at the Navy flight school in Pensacola, Fla.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • At one downtown Brooklyn location, the line wrapped around the building and, at times, voters waited up to an hour to cast their ballots.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Dwelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwelled. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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