wallow

I wonder if the reaction to the book is less about Burden’s marriage and more an excuse to wallow in our own perceived lack of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

“But you can’t wallow in grief while you’re actively caregiving. I’d never get anything done. You soldier on.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

It's a return to the cheeky good humour he's known for - because, Sam being Sam, he'd rather count his blessings than wallow in his feelings.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

It won’t slam the door on Tesfaye’s movie ambitions, but as a bid to conquer the big screen, it’s an off-putting, see-what-sticks wallow that treats the power of cinema like a midconcert costume change.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

Slowly, like a great sow pulling out of a wallow, Mrs. Lapham got to her feet, glaring down at Johnny, her enormous bosom heaving.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Chris messes up, he wallows, he does his best to make things right and they don’t always wrap up neatly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 18, 2024

Large herbivores such as Cape buffalo and red deer make temporary pools by creating wallows, which also interrupt wildfires.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2023

Elsewhere, traders are keeping a watchful eye on any signs of a possible intervention from Japanese authorities as the yen wallows near a nine-month low against the dollar.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023

In comparison to theirs, our raft wallows dangerously low, its inflated sides loose and sagging.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

All that eventually caught up to him, however, and he wallowed through a career slump in 2022 that led to his decision to leave the tour for the staggering $100 million from LIV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

We wallowed in the joy and nearly fell over trying to pull them apart.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022

The euro wallowed 0.2% lower at $0.9888 after dipping as low as $0.9864 overnight.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022

I wallowed through the coal and climbed down the outside ladder of the car and jumped for it, skinning my hands, knees, and elbows on the packed coal around the track.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

A former Biden Cabinet secretary, state attorney general and longtime congressman from Los Angeles, Becerra had been wallowing in the low single-digits in public opinion polls less than three months ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

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 ● Mar. 2, 2026

Results are decent, and there is a rising cash balance, but the stock price is wallowing at less than half its 2007 high.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

But the American supporters weren’t wallowing in silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

There was one of those big blow-out laughs and Janie was wallowing in it.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston