Sentences with phrase «by wallowing»

There's not much to be gained by wallowing in regret.

You didn't earn a BA with distinction or two coveted internships by wallowing in those hurts — you rose above them.

Enjoy your new culture by wallowing in it.

She is an incredible actress and her Lois Lane is always fun to spend time with, but other than a saddening monologue where she believes she is disappointing her dead lover by wallowing in grief, she isn't given a chance to leave an impression.

It's hard not to empathize with this troubled teen and his equally mercurial mother, but the writer - director undercuts his characters by wallowing in classist squalor

Four female friends think they can spice up their book club, and maybe their love lives, by wallowing in the kinky prose of E.L. James» Fifty Shades of Grey.

I love how the cheating whores this blog glorifies try to rationalize their narcissistic behavior by wallowing in their man - hating, selfish feminist beliefs.

Moral indifference can be excused neither by apathy («The best lack all conviction... the worst / Are full of passionate intensity») nor by wallowing in uncertainty.

It was a very gratifying experience for our shelter to assist in the coordination of the care and return home of the animals affected by the Wallow Fire.

Not exact matches

But it can be easy to get distracted by all the noise or wallow in negative projections.

Not according to Tina Gilbertson, a psychotherapist and author of Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings By Letting Yourself Have Them.

N has grown its revenue by 23 % compounded annually over the past five years while hemorrhaging cash as operating cash flow (NOPAT) has wallowed between - $ 15 million and - $ 30 million every year.

We human beings are fettered and weakened by many vices; we have wallowed in them for a long time and it is hard for us to be cleansed.

The Third World, wallowing in want and victimized by exploitation, may even regard economic survival as too important to be neglected.

The Lutheran heritage in music is far from barren — Luther himself was a musician of note and to be Lutheran is to know that J. S. Bach is to music as Shakespeare is to literature — but the musical culture of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) had by the 1940s been considerably corrupted by American evangelical Protestantism, and I wallowed in the corruption.

Wallowing in guilt tends to increase the hurt done by the mistakes one actually made.

In the face of this «orgy of speculation,» editors argued, religion must «protest a social or industrial order in which men wallow in sudden wealth which they have not created while their fellows by the million face want» (March 22, 1928).

38 Herbert was convinced, as has been noted, that only by a systematic program of visitation could the pastor come to know his people as they «most naturally... are, wallowing in the midst of their affairs,» and it was only by such intimate knowledge of their lives as could be gained in this fashion that he would be equipped to reprove and admonish them, and thereby lead them to mend their ways.39

If you're anything like me (and by that I mean wallowing in a post-Halloween stupor), you're likely craving a huge salad right now.

Bowie's baseball coach made sure his players didn't wallow in want and ethnic victimization, diverting them instead with such requirements as daily classroom attendance, executing the hit - and - run and mastering the nuances of English by speaking nothing else around him.

One hundred and seventy six school days multiplied by two kids equals 352 lunches to pack, which means a whole lot of mornings spent wallowing in defeat.

Held last weekend at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn, the event drew 100 6 - to 11 - year - olds, who squealed in delight as they wallowed in two 50 - by -50-foot expanses of mud.

Lavender and camomile are often sought for their calming properties so a baby bath soap like Johnson's Baby Bedtime Bath with Lavender or Earth Friendly Baby Soothing Chamomile Bubble Bath will help relax baby as they wallow in the warm water, fascinated by bubble playtime.

The deliberate arrangement of stones, as well as the size of the rings, indicates that «they clearly weren't made by bears» wallowing a hollow to sleep in, she notes.

I'm constantly inspired by her ability not to wallow in self - pity.

And if you still end up alone, you can wallow in your misery with these lonely songs for spending Valentine's Day by yourself.

In unflinching terms, it captures the hellish existence endured by the many so that the few may wallow in privilege.

Rather than wallow in the shallow end of formula, however, the picture destabilizes the protagonists» respective roles, making Barry unbalanced rather than rakishly dogged and the inamorata, Lena, aware of her peril and excited by it.

Unfortunately, the film was moderately embraced by critics and mostly wallowed in relative obscurity.

Hannigan is meant to be wallowing in hole of self - pity, yearning for lost youth surrounded by youngsters who constantly remind her of what might have been.

Elba and Ciaran Hinds wallow in supporting roles and there is an odd appearance by Christopher Lambert.

An R - rated erotic thriller starring Jennifer Lopez as a sexy high school English teacher being stalked by a hunk half her age should wallow in its over-the-top premise.

The film's second scene involves a doting and cooped up housewife, Janet, wallowing in the truth of her husband's disaffection and infidelity, played superbly by Vail Bloom.

What saves the movie from wallowing in its own filth, is the good job done by Hartley, Gentile and Dorfman as the poor bastards who can't catch a break.

Wallowing in self - pity, she bounces around aimlessly — aided by a cadre of semiloyal friends (Zoe Lister Jones shines as the offbeat Alice)-- as she struggles to rediscover her mojo while indulging in a general existential funk.

Manchester by the Sea goes on to be a fantastic meditation on the long tail of trauma, but one that doesn't wallow needlessly: There's such humor and humanity at work that the film manages to be cathartic.

What begins as a somewhat promising mix between «Grumpy Old Men» and «Ocean's Eleven,» however, quickly turns into a pedestrian, paint - by - numbers comedy that wallows in its own genericness.

It's important to note Rodriguez» slant toward period filmmaking, since his collaboration with Miller freely wallows in gloriously excessive violence — made cartoonish by dint of the monochromatic palette — and carefully - shadowed nudity, nearly all of it courtesy of the gloriously - figured Eva Green.

But there's no time for wallowing in their disbelief when the kung fu fighters and Master Shifu (voice by Dustin Hoffman) discover that Tai Lung, the snow leopard (voice by Ian McShane), has escaped from the high security prison controlled by Commander Vichar (voice by Michael Clarke Duncan).

It largely avoids schmaltz until the third act (when it wallows in it), and if its conclusion borders on the implausible, sliding into the ridiculous, Hart's War provides easy causes to champion, nice turns by Farrell and Hauser, and enough cleverly framed set - pieces to ease the pain of its predictability and hamfistedness.

The movie comes right up to the edge of wallowing, but is spared from the nihilistic abyss by its new takes on old characters (Patrick Stewart as an ornery, elderly Professor X; Stephen Merchant as Logan's unexpected sidekick Caliban) and Wolverine's belatedly tender relationship with his sorta - daughter Laura (Dafne Keen).

Prisoners, on the other hand, starts off with a theme but — by the mid-point (it's a three hour movie that doesn't earn its running time) it has cast those themes to the wind and is perfectly content to wallow in pulp.

Hits / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Cross)-- A small town in upstate New York is populated by people who wallow in unrealistic expectations.

by Walter Chaw Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi's Baise - moi (translated as «Rape Me» in the U.S., «Fuck Me» internationally) is a wallow in the murk of exploitation cinema not - cleverly disguised as a commentary on the evils of pornography and the violent objectification of women.

This could have been accomplished by making a couple of the «action» sequences significantly more exciting, or a few of the pivotal character moments more convincing, in order to help break audiences out of the repetitive funk the storyline wallows in for the majority of the proceedings.

The wallow has been replaced by a much flatter cornering attitude, the ride is firmer but not crashy or uncomfortable and the whole thing feels very well sorted.

This 1987 car I'm driving certainly rides with aplomb, doing something that rally cars strive for by soaking up the big bumps with a decent amount of supple travel, yet never wallowing and always maintaining a firmer ride over the surface's smaller imperfections.

In other words, as big as it is, the CT6 doesn't wallow around in turns like an old Crown Victoria; it feels more like an Audi A6 than a Fleetwood, helped by the powerful turbocharged engine under the hood.

I spent most of the week driving around in «normal» mode and was pleasantly surprised by the MKC's willingness to round curves without too much wallow.

Down by the Columbia River, Ford gave us a chance to tow 5,000 pounds with the Expedition, and we found that there was just a hint of rear - end wallowing, but with the load - leveling air suspension (and a load - leveling hitch setup), the truck pulled flat - no squatting feeling and lost no steering control.