wallow
verb (used without object)
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
have wallowed
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present perfectof wallow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
For decades they have wallowed in royal weddings, jubilees, scandals and, most recently, the queen’s funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
I began to enter that Celtic twilight, that way of life, which I have wallowed in since.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
“I can’t stop working when something like that happens. I needed it. We all needed it, to keep going, or I would have wallowed in sorrow.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2018
I have wallowed and rolled myself six or seven turns in my bed before I rose.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Peter Anthony Motteux
