wallow

Example Sentences

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Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.

From MarketWatch

Dane said he spent most of his life “wallowing and worrying in self-pity, shame and doubt.”

From Los Angeles Times

Star, heaving and panting in a wallow of mud that was sucking her down, down.

From Literature

She ponders whether its home on Disney+ will mean it gets a big audience, adding: "But let's just wallow in nostalgia."

From BBC

We see how Paul decides he’d rather, as he puts it, “suck the marrow of what’s left of this amazing life” than wallow.

From Los Angeles Times