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
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One more night," he says with a bitter grin, "and the hog goes back to wallow in the mire.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
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
If I choose to wallow in the mire, what the devil is it to you?
From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)