How to Use dwell in a Sentence

dwell

verb

• Allow me for a moment to dwell on the fall of the wall in Germany in 1989, please.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2022
• The aim is to look forward and find ways to improve, instead of dwelling on the past.
  — Melody Wilding, Lmsw, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Little is known about the Parisii, the ancient Gallic tribe that dwelled on the banks of the Seine some 2,000 years ago.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
• Six days is not a lot of time, so dwell and risk your faves running out of stock.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 29 June 2023
• But smartly, the film doesn’t dwell on the entire litany of Maurice’s scams.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• Some of the 1938 flood accounts dwelled on our own pantheon: movie stars.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• Five days is not a lot of time, so don't dwell and risk your faves running out of stock.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 19 Oct. 2023
• Rather than dwelling on the past, Jameson is focused on what’s next.
  — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• Rivera never dwelled on what passed her by, or on the times she was overlooked.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• The fish dwell on muddy ocean floors deeper than 650 feet.
  — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
• With the ocean comes the Metkayina, a clan of Na'vi who dwell in shallow waters.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• In this context, dwelling on the Itaewon crush is bad for business.
  — TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
• Those who dwell … among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
  — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022
• Most of the world’s elk population dwells in the Rocky Mountain West.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
• The movie dwells in shades of purple, the color of bruises and cabernet sauvignon.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• His big idea was to take groups of people into these spaces overnight — to dwell.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 3 Nov. 2022
• Before Schmidt could dwell on his failure, though, Del Unser tied the game with a single.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• Some stories are true, some are fiction, some dwell in the murky middle.
  — Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• Fire units now clearing scene of dwelling Fire , 8000 block Gray Haven Rd, #dundalk.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
• This is a good movie for people who really like to dwell in the worst case scenario.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Nov. 2022
• Rago and Hochberg’s compound is all about being together and the joy that dwells at the end of the sidewalk.
  — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• While risk is unavoidable, don’t dwell on the challenges.
  — Rick Luebbe, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• One thing Larson doesn’t have on his plate is time to dwell on his near miss last year at Pocono Raceway.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 23 July 2022
• And while there are plenty of salacious and scandalous details that are unearthed in the book, Larkin doesn’t dwell in the bawdy.
  — Seth Combscontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
• The slow-moving sharks, which like to dwell near the sea floor in warm, shallow waters, are – for the most part – harmless to humans.
  — Nell Lewis; Video By Angus Watson, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• These frigid waters—as chilly as 5°C—should be perilous for the cold-blooded sharks that dwell in the tropics.
  — Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
• But dwelling on that question wasn’t going to help my career.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• Her intense schedule with the U.S. Postal Service left her with little time to dwell on it.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024