wallowing

present participle of wallow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wallowing But there’s no sense in wallowing in pro sports. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025 Reeves is a cranky, deadpanning Estragon, wallowing in frustration as his gangly limbs swing, unwillingly turning to his friend but also welcoming the help, the hugs. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025 This is not a wallowing cruiser that isolates the driver in a leather cocoon, floating along, not entirely sure where the front end is. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Instead of wallowing in her misery, the movie accompanies her, like best friend Christina (Denise Gough), who checks in regularly with unconditional support. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 For the next few hours, Beau stayed in the hallway, wallowing in misery and looking outside the window, hoping to see his partner. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025 With his life on the poetry circuit a distant memory, Saxberger is suddenly propelled out of his humdrum life, when he is ‘rediscovered’ by a group of young admirers wallowing in nostalgia for the lost downtown New York of the late 1970s and early ’80s. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 Democrats have generally supported pork spending, but both parties end up wallowing in it. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025 My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement. Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallowing
Verb
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, House Republicans held hearings on the companies' roles in swaying votes around environmental, social and governance investing.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In another video, which Anaver shared on Facebook two days later, the interior of his home could be seen swaying back and forth.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The other people Ye tries to big-foot into indulging his perverse Peter Pan complex fare more poorly.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Whether that’s indulging Wes Anderson’s imagination (as a three-time member of his ever-growing ensemble) or producing her own projects, Johansson always manages to surprise.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Six of their big chances came against struggling Forest, with Newcastle converting just one of those, while four more came in the wild 3-2 defeat against Liverpool.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Despite rapid growth, many marketers remain in the early stages of maturity—focused on automating legacy processes and struggling to measure ROI.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The boy band were basking in their 2008 reunion when Blue Bloods came along.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday, Las Vegas finished its 2025 climb with a trophy in hand, basking in the view from the top of the WNBA.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Wallowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallowing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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