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
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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 Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
He was determined, however, never to wallow in the mire again.
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William
There are brute animals who wallow in the mire and eat corruption.
From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry