wallow
verb (used without object)
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
wallowed
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past participleof wallow.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wallow.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wallowverb (used without object)to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment.
Example Sentences
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We wallowed in the joy and nearly fell over trying to pull them apart.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
The Wildcats have won 13 straight in the Sunflower Showdown as the Jayhawks have wallowed at the bottom of the Big 12.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Streep and Corden wallowed in Broadway cliches, sometimes deliciously, every now and again riotously, but rarely if ever with truthful originality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
By mid-1973, comedian David Frye was playing to packed nightclub audiences, impersonating the president as he wallowed in Watergate.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
As the snow softened in the afternoon sun, the hoofs of our yaks punched through the frozen crust, and the beasts wallowed to their bellies.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
