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
Alas, alas! they turn their backs upon me, And rather choose to wallow in the mire Of want, and torpid inactivity, Than by one bold and masterly exertion Themselves ennoble, and enrich their country!
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip
Regarding the mental deficiencies of those who love to wallow in the mire of salacious news about others, the psychologists have come to some interesting conclusions.
From Conversation What to Say and How to Say it by Conklin, Mary Greer
For those who would prefer to see that literacy and education continue to wallow in the mire, I can only say that a silence on your part creates its just reward.
From A Brief History of the Internet by Hart, Michael
