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
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
"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)
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
