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
He was determined, however, never to wallow in the mire again.
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William
There are brute animals who wallow in the mire and eat corruption.
From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry
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
