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
"If you weren't we'd have been wallowing around somewhere between here and Africa two days ago!"
From The Adventure Club Afloat by Ralph Henry Barbour
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
One advantage in this kind of soil is that when it dries it becomes as hard as a cement floor, which made it easier for us than to have been wallowing through sand.
From My First Campaign by J. W. Grant
