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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to wallow" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone indulging in a particular emotion or state, often in a negative or self-pitying way.
Example: "After the breakup, she chose to wallow in her sadness instead of moving on."
Alternatives: "to indulge" or "to bask in".
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I like to wallow in others' misery.
Because to wallow is natural.
Now Ballmer prefers to wallow.
Undaunted, journalists continued to wallow in ethnocentrism.
Not that we need to wallow in nostalgia.
It does no good to wallow in night thoughts.
"I just don't want to wallow in all that sadness.
Jobe is not one to wallow in what-ifs.
I just wanted to wallow in self-pity.
Muhly has given himself no time to wallow however.
Mobile game developers, however, are free to wallow in it.
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