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
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
One of those fine fellows who wallow in the mire and then expect us to make exceptions.
From Moral by Recht, Charles
"The unlearned take heaven by force, and we, with all our heartless learning, wallow in the mire!"
From Life of Saint Monica by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
