wallow
verb (used without object)
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
have been wallowing
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present perfect progressiveof wallow.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And while those left showing aren’t exactly rejecting the whole sweatpants-and-PJs swamp so many of us have been wallowing in, they aren’t embracing it either.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2020
I myself have been wallowing with great purpose and intensity; whenever the summer Olympics take place, if there is a new weep, pray and wallow event, I am fully prepared to represent these United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2020
I have been wallowing in the slough of despond for a week and my digestive apparatus has gone wrong again.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
She could have guided us out of the mire of war and hatred that we have been wallowing in for centuries.
From Infinite Intruder by Alan Edward Nourse
The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
