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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His father taught him never to dwell on his own daily stats.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 26 May 2025
Decisiveness is a must, and pioneers can't dwell on failures.
—Max Votek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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
Lyubomirsky’s own research, over many years, pointed toward the importance of a person’s mind-set: Happy people tended to refrain from comparing themselves with others, had more positive perceptions of others, found ways to be satisfied with a range of choices and did not dwell on the negative.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 26 May 2025
Decisiveness is a must, and pioneers can't dwell on failures.
—Max Votek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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
Lyubomirsky’s own research, over many years, pointed toward the importance of a person’s mind-set: Happy people tended to refrain from comparing themselves with others, had more positive perceptions of others, found ways to be satisfied with a range of choices and did not dwell on the negative.
—Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 1 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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