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How to use the word wallow in a Sentence?

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You absolutely have permission to feel whatever you need to feel — remember, the holiday will be over tomorrow, if you need to wallow tonight, it’s all good.

Tami Zak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I know that for many women right now, there is a sentiment of despair, but again, we have to band together and not wallow. We have to do the work. This moment requires unity – really listening to people, understanding the Constitution was written at a time when women were second-class citizens. We’re not. Certain things need to change.

Meghan Markle

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When a mayor has swagger, New York City has swagger, we've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in Covid -- New York City's all we did -- and we no longer believe this is a city of swagger, this is a city of resiliency. ... We're going to survive.

Eric Adams

Found on CNN
2 years ago

seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
3 years ago

It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.

Francis de Sales

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There are these and other great causes that we were elected overwhelmingly to carry forward in November of 1972. And what we were elected to do, we are going to do, and let others wallow in Watergate, we are going to do our job.

Richard Nixon

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

Fred Allen

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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