wallow

A person who needs assistance can wallow in frustration or make the choice to ask for help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

There are some sad ironies stitched into the plot, and an upsetting late twist, though the show doesn’t wallow in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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

Having lost their World Cup play-off semi-finals against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy respectively five days earlier, given the choice, Wales and Northern Ireland would probably have had the night off to wallow.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

It wallows in angst and stress but has no psychological depth, sticking to bromides like “You’re special” and “Be yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

They cool off in those muddy wallows, leaving the marks of their hoofprints.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars wallowed near multi-month lows.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023

Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Just as he once wallowed in the shadows, he ended his biggest night in those same shadows.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

As for Ephron, she'd turn to potatoes — her carb of choice — when life got sharp around the edges, and wallowed in a bowl of buttery mashed comfort.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2022

In that mood of lazy righteousness he wallowed in Guitar’s bed, the same righteousness that had made him tail his mother like a secret agent when she left the house a week or so ago.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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

But the ILO warned that efforts to improve global job quality had stagnated, leaving hundreds of millions of workers wallowing in poverty, even as trade uncertainty risked cutting into workers wages.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

But the American supporters weren’t wallowing in silence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

There was the teasing and impossible desire to imitate the petty pride of sparrows wallowing and flouncing in the red dust of country roads.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright