Cases of Usage of the verb DWELL

The verb DWELL is not in the top of lookups on the online dictionaries websites although you can hear it in every-day speech or in the popular sitcoms such as "The Big Bang Theory". So, let's look up closer on it.

Again, I'm going to use Merriam Webster and Oxford Russian-English Dictionaries plus a couple of websites to give some examples.

As an intransitive verb it means

1: to remain for a time

2

a : to live as a residentb : exist, lie

3

a : to keep the attention directed —used with on or upon <tried not to dwell on my fears>b : to speak or write insistently —used with on or upon <reporters dwelling on the recent scandal>