Verb (used without object) : to dwell in happiness. ,to dwell on a particular point in an argument. From Dictionary.com.
The word, "dwelt," is consistent with any indefinite length of time. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Which in my spirit dwelt is fluttering, faint, and low. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Gridley reads an excerpt from “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” [Canto Four, Stanzas 178-186] by George Gordon, Lord Byron] Reference
Ispahán, a city hight the Green City, wherein dwelt a King named. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
He "dwelt" -- we would prefer to say "lived" -- in Egypt all his days. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
One simple word dwelt for ever in my heart, and swelled it to bursting -- "Home!". From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
One simple word dwelt for ever in my heart, and swelled it to bursting – "Home!". From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
Paul expired two months after the death of his Virginia, whose name dwelt on his lips in his expiring moments. From Wordnik.com. [Paul et Virginie. English] Reference
The word rendered 'dwelt' in these three passages, is a peculiar one. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV] Reference
An old woman said that "filthy beasts" dwelt "in that den," to her private knowledge, "at whose words many were pacified.". From Wordnik.com. [John Knox and the Reformation] Reference
There may possibly be intended a contrast in 'dwelt' and 'sojourned' in verse 1, the former implying a more complete settling down. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture] Reference
Beersheba returned thither and how Abraham "dwelt" there (A. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
For the past two years, he had dwelt in ambiguity. From Wordnik.com. [Illegal Indian immigrant is granted rare reprieve, allowed to stay in U.S.] Reference
So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
The conversation having dwelt for some time on the health of the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He also dwelt at length on the subject of temptation and how to avoid it. From Wordnik.com. [Faith, Family Strife Drove Christmas Bomb Suspect] Reference
In short, they dwelt amongst humans in secret, their struggles invisible. From Wordnik.com. [Old clothes, bread, cream and butter.] Reference
Yet the social sciences often operate as if they dwelt in a separate universe. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's World] Reference
And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
One of the issues that Palepu dwelt on was how to leverage ITC's distribution strengths. From Wordnik.com. [Kicking The Habit] Reference
He dwelt upon Alba's manner that evening and the infamy of the anonymous letters written to. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her conversation dwelt, dully, on fates that could befall you; beatings, twistings, flayings. From Wordnik.com. [Hilary Mantel Comma] Reference
All weekend long he dwelt on his depression, bringing it up on the chairlift, at dinner, in the sauna. From Wordnik.com. [Man Enough To Love 'Eat, Pray, Love'] Reference
They dwelt upon their idea -- they lived upon it for a few years -- and then they "showed their keeping.". From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Her first novel, "" The Book of Ruth '' (which became an Oprah pick), dwelt on an emotionally damaged wife. From Wordnik.com. [View From A Doll's House] Reference
He dwelt on the barbarous ideas that then prevailed, contrasting them with the toleration that prevails now. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
He dwelt particularly upon the bravery of Bill Hickson, and held him up as a model for all the men to follow. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
She dwelt on the peripheries of other peoples 'lives, a parasite of their goals, their dramas, their romances. From Wordnik.com. [’] Reference
I who did it, but my destiny, my evil genius, some unknown being who dwelt within me, but who was not born there!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I know a man who has dwelt so long upon the subject of a vegetable diet that it has finally taken possession of him. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Before I had dwelt much upon it however, silence was again restored and our charming hostess had appeared before us. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Shamir dwelt on the historical persecution of Jews, adding that Israel's claim to the land it now holds is "immemorial.". From Wordnik.com. [Have We Got A Deal For You] Reference
And king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the south, heard that the children of Israel were come to the land of Chanaan. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
He knew nothing, as might have been expected, but he stated that there was a large village not far distant in which dwelt many old. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
He had now left that part of the establishment reserved for the insane, and was now in the cloistered part where the brethren dwelt. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
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