dwell on/upon
phrasal verb
dwelled on/upon or dwelt on/upon; dwelling on/upon; dwells on/upon
: to think or talk about (something) for a long time
There is no need to dwell on the past.
Don't dwell upon your mistakes.
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Jon Rahm, the 2023 Masters champion and one of the biggest names on LIV Golf, wishes that a merger were closer but is also not ready to dwell on that during the first major of the season.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Then again, LeBoeuf probably won’t dwell on all that.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Without much time to dwell on ‘what could have been,’ McLaren packed up and flew to Shanghai for the second race of the 2025 season’s opening doubleheader — a sprint race weekend at that.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The dietitian didn’t refer us to another specialist or dwell on percentiles.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Then again, LeBoeuf probably won’t dwell on all that.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Without much time to dwell on ‘what could have been,’ McLaren packed up and flew to Shanghai for the second race of the 2025 season’s opening doubleheader — a sprint race weekend at that.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The dietitian didn’t refer us to another specialist or dwell on percentiles.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dwell on/upon
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“Dwell on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwell%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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