wallowed

past tense of wallow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wallowed For the first — and perhaps only — time in his Iowa coaching career, Ferentz briefly wallowed in self-pity. Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallowed
Verb
  • Doctors shuffled her between units — labor and delivery, then other departments — but never ordered a CT scan.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Sharks also shuffled their defense pairs for Monday’s practice, with Dmitry Orlov and Mario Ferraro forming the top line, Nick Leddy with Timothy Liljegren, and Sam Dickinson paired with John Klingberg.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tiny reveled about her husband on her own Instagram.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • In recent years, some Wyandotte residents have tried to get the government to delay or cancel its tax sales, which usually happen twice a year, to prevent people who have struggled to pay sky-rocketing property tax bills from losing their family homes.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Colandrea and the Rebels should be able to move the ball against a Boise D that has struggled to get stops, dating all the way back to its season-opening loss to South Florida.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Aztecs speared and ate them, and Catholic monks indulged on the aquatic delicacies on days they weren’t allowed to eat red meat.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At one point Wednesday, the judge indulged their request to meet with Adelson and the attorneys at a side bar out of the public’s earshot.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed.
    Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Many in the crowd of nearly 200 people clapped to the tempo and swayed to the beat.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After completing the simple three-step routine, the actress basked in the glow of her hydrated skin.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
    Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hollywood lurched into a fresh wave of existential panic this week after Deadline, notating an otherwise dry industry panel on Saturday, September 27, seized on a stray remark.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The escalator lurched to a halt just after the pair got on.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Wallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallowed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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