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
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)
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
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
