dwelt

[ dwelt ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of dwell.

dwelt

/ dwɛlt /

verb

1. a past tense of dwell

Example Sentences

But it was more than a metaphor for Dayan, who noted that Palestinians had watched as Israelis transformed “the lands and villages where they and their fathers dwelt.”

From Seattle Times

Television pioneer Norman Lear, who died this month at the age of 101, told me three years ago that he dwelt not on what he’d done but on what he wanted to do next.

From Los Angeles Times

Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.

From Reuters

At Lake Tahoe’s Kings Beach on Wednesday, though, colleagues and admirers dwelt on her capacity to keep the lake’s restoration at the top of the federal government’s mind.

From Los Angeles Times

Anne Frank and her family are mentioned but not dwelt on at length — a touch that feels of a piece with McQueen’s expansive, egalitarian sensibility.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bide
• exist
• hole up
• inhabit
• reside
• squat