a cave where bats dwelldwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France
Recent Examples on the WebRichard doesn’t want to dwell on his brother’s last moments or his absence. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2022 No one wants to dwell on the town cars, or the epic expense accounts, or the legions of assistants.New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021 But one person who doesn’t appear eager to dwell on that question, at least not publicly, is Pence himself, who has been biding his time giving speeches and setting up an organization called Advancing American Freedom. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2021 Yet to dwell on these elements is to miss the point—viewed through the prisms of climatological, geological, and evolutionary processes, humans are more or less interchangeable, their parochial concerns necessarily banal. Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 The series is daring enough to dwell on how miracles and monsters go hand in hand. Matthew J. Cressler, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2021 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 Teachers had the time and flexibility to dwell on more than just the basics of U.S. history and the structure of democratic government. Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2022 And though the vocal notes were the attraction, Lamar seemed just as content to dwell in dramatic pauses that were pregnant with the crowd’s adulation (and likely gave him a chance to take it all in and catch his breath). Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English dwellan to go astray, hinder; akin to Old High German twellen to tarry