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
The same passion which may wallow in the mire is capable of rising to the loftiest heights—of penetrating the inmost secret of philosophy.
From Symposium by Benjamin Jowett
One more night," he says with a bitter grin, "and the hog goes back to wallow in the mire.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
He always wants to be eating and drinking; he loves to wallow in the mire, and to grunt away his time in rooting up the earth.
From The Two Goats and the Sick Monkey by Anonymous
