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Nicole
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After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", "ruminate", "moped about", etc., but these terms don't communicate the thinkthinking at length about something negative, a frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", "ruminate", "moped about", etc., but these terms don't communicate the think at length about something negative frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", "ruminate", "moped about", etc., but these terms don't communicate the thinking at length about something negative, a frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

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Matt E. Эллен
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After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", ruminate"ruminate", moped about"moped about", etc., but these terms don't communicate the think at length about something negative frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", ruminate, moped about etc but these terms don't communicate the think at length about something negative frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", "ruminate", "moped about", etc., but these terms don't communicate the think at length about something negative frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.

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Joe Black
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another phrase to express dwelled on

After the incident he dwelled on the issues surrounding the incident.

What would be other substitutes to express the idea conveyed by "dwell on?"

I considered "mull over", ruminate, moped about etc but these terms don't communicate the think at length about something negative frustrating aspect of the term "dwell on." Some of these are too formal or don't have association with the negative frustrating nature of the event.