dwell on something

Examples of dwell

dwell
But the women would not spend time dwelling on the unalterable past rather than try their utmost to make the future to a different pattern.
As the dwelling space of a few families might have changed slightly over the period, it has been updated continuously since 1989.
However, he does not dwell on the matter of growing inequality.
Such calculations would be further complicated by any changes in the relative value of different dwelling types.
Whilst it does not dwell upon media or legal issues both are mentioned.
I wish to dwell for a few moments on the circularity of this situation.
The study considers respondents' educational level and dwelling space as their socioeconomic indicators.
Rent levels are a function of the size of the dwelling space, its quality and location, and are highest in the largest cities.
The societal/institutional indices are sevenfold, in parallel to the other seven clusters of indicators, namely dwelling, spending, working, nurturing, healing, recreation, and learning.
The book dwells on several themes, among them regional identities, particularly in their racial aspects, and historical memory in local communities.
But let us not dwell on form and formalities.
But just to dwell on its flaws is to misrepresent and underrate this book.
My informants were not eager to dwell on the divisions in the village during the period of the first conversions.
It is worth dwelling a little further on the nature of the problem and its difficulties.
Consider "baldness," a favored concept among philosophers of vagueness, though hardly one that those of us with thinning hair like to dwell upon.
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