How to Use dwell in a Sentence

dwell

verb

• 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
• Each of us seems to dwell alone within a damp grotto of private thoughts.
  — Melissa Fay Greene, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2021
• It’s not something high school history teachers tend to dwell on.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2021
• There is no time to dwell on what happened against the Huskies, and frankly, that doesn’t matter much right now.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
• The two pieces still seemed to dwell in separate worlds: one in the experimental zone, the other in the concert hall.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
• With the Pacers headed to town Saturday, the Spurs won’t have time to dwell on the one that got away against Atlanta.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2021
• Ligon’s story is no different from thousands of other young Black boys who dwell in a pit of precarious moments, with no regard for their own lives or anyone else’s.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• But the Oprah interview offered the tabloids another opportunity to dwell on the duchess’ estrangement from her father.
  — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
• Not everyone wants to dwell on the nuance of their alcohol, some people just want to mix a drink, and the Moscow Mule—easy, quick, delicious—was the first such lesson.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2021
• Those vivid particulars were the stuff of Mrs. Palatschinke’s fictive magic, the sheer pluck and verve that conjured up a complete world out of absences, an easier world to dwell on.
  — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• The 49ers aim to play at a methodical pace, making slight leads feel constricting and forcing the Roadrunners to dwell on early misses or mistakes.
  — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2021
• Snell, the 2018 American League Cy Young winner, still can’t believe it, but refuses to dwell on it.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2021
• City Hall insists that the meatless meals are temporary and that school canteens will again offer meat options when social distancing rules are relaxed and children once again have more time to dwell on their food choices and to eat.
  — John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But so far, at least, the complaints have dwelled on the predictable.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• The aim is to look forward and find ways to improve, instead of dwelling on the past.
  — Melody Wilding, Lmsw, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Still, Hurley doesn’t want his team to dwell on this game.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• 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
• 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
• More than two decades later, Miguel dwells in a shack by the sea, catching fish and dreaming of what might have been.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
• What was the timing for writing these two films and dwelling in these different worlds?
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024