wallow in
Example Sentences
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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
She ponders whether its home on Disney+ will mean it gets a big audience, adding: "But let's just wallow in nostalgia."
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“We don’t have to wallow in the misery that people expect us to be wallowing in. We can use those obstacles and stand on them. And I did.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Driving west out of Atlanta, he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
