wallow
verb (used without object)
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
had wallowed
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past perfectof wallow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Lawrence was definitely a man with something to reveal and something to hide — he was an intellectual who had wallowed in bloodshed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2012
For seven months the bill had wallowed in the House Ways and Means Committee, finally emerged and was passed by the House, with significant changes from Kennedy's original version.
From Time Magazine Archive
FOR two days Tokyo had wallowed in rumors of the Korea battle.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his efforts to escape the hogs, the boy had wallowed round in the muck.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
He was as wet as if he had wallowed in a pool, cold, and very weary.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
