Synonyms for dwell on
dwell on

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1. dwell onverb

   Synonyms:
   dwell upon

2. dwell onverb

   To continue to think or talk about (something or someone).

   Synonyms:
   dwell upon

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1. dwell on, linger oververb

   delay

   Synonyms:
   linger over

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1. • Hesitate

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1. dwell on

   Synonyms:
   hang upon fondly, be absorbed with, be deeply interested in

2. dwell on

   Synonyms:
   continue long upon, occupy a long time with

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How to use dwell on in a sentence?

1. Oprah Winfrey:

   I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

2. John Sherwood:

   As a historian, I always found it interesting that he didn't really talk about it [ his time as a POW ] unless asked, he saw it as part of his service to the country, and did n’t want to dwell on past service but what he could do today, here and now.

3. Denis Watley:

   Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.

4. Taylor Robertson:

   I think sometimes when we get down by that much, we do try to get it all back at once, and then that kind of causes bad things for us to happen, and then we might dwell on that, and then another bad thing happens, and it kind of snowballed for us a little bit, and we could have done a better job in response to that.

5. Stephen Snyder:

   I’m a Type A personality and I worry a lot about a lot of things — my family, my finances, the future, also, I’ve tended to dwell on things that happened in the past and get all worked up.