wallow

I wonder if the reaction to the book is less about Burden’s marriage and more an excuse to wallow in our own perceived lack of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

“But you can’t wallow in grief while you’re actively caregiving. I’d never get anything done. You soldier on.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

We see how Paul decides he’d rather, as he puts it, “suck the marrow of what’s left of this amazing life” than wallow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

It's a return to the cheeky good humour he's known for - because, Sam being Sam, he'd rather count his blessings than wallow in his feelings.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

Did the bacheh film, the Guy in the film, become kamyab and fulfill his dreams, or was he nah-kam, doomed to wallow in failure?

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

It wallows in angst and stress but has no psychological depth, sticking to bromides like “You’re special” and “Be yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 18, 2024

Large herbivores such as Cape buffalo and red deer make temporary pools by creating wallows, which also interrupt wildfires.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2023

Elsewhere, traders are keeping a watchful eye on any signs of a possible intervention from Japanese authorities as the yen wallows near a nine-month low against the dollar.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023

I see my wilderness home muddy with wallows and stippled with pig bristles.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Ten-year yields wallowed around 3.77% following a 28 basis point decline since last Friday, when it reached an eight-month high at 4.094%.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

For decades they have wallowed in royal weddings, jubilees, scandals and, most recently, the queen’s funeral.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

As for Ephron, she'd turn to potatoes — her carb of choice — when life got sharp around the edges, and wallowed in a bowl of buttery mashed comfort.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2022

In that mood of lazy righteousness he wallowed in Guitar’s bed, the same righteousness that had made him tail his mother like a secret agent when she left the house a week or so ago.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

“This doesn’t mean avoiding the grief—he will be lonely at times—but it is good to do things that keep you from wallowing in it. He clearly loves to travel, so I’d highly recommend it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

A former Biden Cabinet secretary, state attorney general and longtime congressman from Los Angeles, Becerra had been wallowing in the low single-digits in public opinion polls less than three months ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

But the ILO warned that efforts to improve global job quality had stagnated, leaving hundreds of millions of workers wallowing in poverty, even as trade uncertainty risked cutting into workers wages.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

Even though no one blamed Jeremy for the trouble, he spent the rest of the night wallowing in guilt.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville