All 5 Uses of
dwell
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- Should the Dark Mark appear over any dwelling place or other building, DO NOT ENTER, but contact the Auror office immediately.†
Chpt 3 *
- In any case, most Wizarding dwellings are magically protected from unwanted Apparators.†
Chpt 4 *
- He had known Hagrid to present a vicious baby dragon with a teddy bear, seen him croon over giant scorpions with suckers and stingers, attempt to reason with his brutal giant of a halfbrother, but this was perhaps the most incomprehensible of all his monster fancies: the gigantic talking spider, Aragog, who dwelled deep in the Forbidden Forest and which he and Ron had only narrowly escaped four years previously.†
Chpt 11
- However, like many creatures that dwell in cold and darkness, they fear light and warmth, which we shall therefore call to our aid should the need arise.†
Chpt 26
- He could not stop himself dwelling upon Dumbledore's inexcusable trust in Snape … but as Hermione had just inadvertently reminded him, he, Harry, had been taken in just the same … in spite of the increasing nastiness of those scribbled spells, he had refused to believe ill of the boy who had been so clever, who had helped him so much … Helped him … it was an almost unendurable thought, now … 'I still don't get why he didn't turn you in for using that book,' said Ron.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(dwelling as in: a modest dwelling) a house or shelter in which someone lives
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(dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.) to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period