wallow

Example Sentences

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But I didn’t have a job to go to, and after wallowing in my own sweat for what seemed like hours, I pulled Paul’s crumbled comedy class ticket out of my jacket pocket.

From Salon

His mom gave him encouragement to stop wallowing in self-doubt, and the block party sends him to Richmond with a mission bigger than anything he does on track.

From Seattle Times

I deeply appreciated Eugene Robinson’s frankness on our current climate predicament in his March 22 op-ed, “There’s no time to wallow in despair on the climate.”

From Washington Post

I begged her to try to change — for me — but it appears she would much rather wallow in her own sorrow and cry about how much I hate her.

From Washington Post

Anyone who has time to wallow and cry in his cups but can’t seem to “fit in” therapy obviously needs to readjust his priorities.

From Washington Post