wallow in the mire

Example Sentences

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Portrait photos depict the Doors at their Aquarian zenith, shaggy and seditious, without time to wallow in the mire.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2017

That was evident back in the '60s; 1991 is no time to wallow in the mire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever did not wallow in the mire was sarcastically said not to be able to sustain himself on his legs.

From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig

The same passion which may wallow in the mire is capable of rising to the loftiest heights—of penetrating the inmost secret of philosophy.

From Symposium by Jowett, Benjamin

So I shook my head, and he turned away, leaving me to wallow in the mire of contemptible security.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley