Then followed the evolutions necessary to bring the head of the cutter up to the wind, when she again began to wallow her weary way towards the north shore.
Il fallut alors manœuvrer de manière à serrer le vent, et le cutter recommença à tracer sa route fatigante.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
They formed, as it were, a dunghill of praise in which his huge frame could wallow at its ease.
C'était un fumier d'éloges, assez vaste pour qu'il pût y vautrer à l'aise son grand corps.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He at once shook hands with the Princess in a jovial way, took a seat near her without being invited, and forthwith denounced the dirty bourgeoisie which came to wallow in places of ill fame.
Tout de suite, il serra gaiement la main de la princesse, s’attabla près d’elle sans y être invité, se mit à injurier cette sale bourgeoisie, qui se vautrait dans les mauvais lieux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
I had heard of a peculiarity of these animals termed "wallowing."
J'avais entendu parler de la manière toute particulière dont ces animaux ont l'habitude de se vautrer, et je pensai qu'ils étaient en train de se livrer à cet exercice.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
But all at once she flew into a tantrum with Tito, who was still wallowing in the grass like an animal instead of rising by way of civility towards those fine people, who would surely leave her some alms.
Mais elle fut prise d’une brusque colère, en remarquant que Tito n’avait pas bougé de son herbe, vautré comme une bête au soleil, ce qu’elle jugeait mal poli pour ce beau monde, qui allait sûrement lui laisser une aumône.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
In this he wallowed up to his ears, splashing and grunting, while quick quivers of delight coursed over his rosy skin.
Alors, il s'enfonça dans la terrine jusqu'aux oreilles; il gargouillait, il grognait, tandis que de courts frissons passaient sur sa peau rose.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Covered with jewelry, a rose in his button-hole, enormous in build, he filled the middle of the table, with his broad shoulders of aboozing and brawling tradesman who has wallowed in every vice.
Couvert de bijoux, une rose à la boutonnière, il tenait le milieu de la table, énorme, avec sa carrure de commerçant noceur et braillard, qui a roulé dans tous les vices.
Once when Mouret came home he found Désirée wallowing like a young pig' in the garden, lying on her stomach before an ant-hole, and trying to find out what the ants might be doing in the ground.
Mouret, en rentrant, avait trouvé Désirée «faite comme un petit cochon», toute seule dans le jardin, à plat-ventre devant un trou de fourmis, pour voir ce que les fourmis faisaient dans la terre.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
She seems to think that we are wallowing in gold.
Elle croit que nous nageons dans l'or ...
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
"All humanity was intoxicated; it battered down walls, wallowed on the flagstones soiled with hideous mire.
L’humanité entière était ivre ; elle battait les murs, elle se vautrait, sur les dalles souillées d’une boue hideuse.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
And when he had finished there came delirium; the beautiful ladies did not even think of wiping away the many affronts they had received, but applauded frantically. The whole assembly stamped and shouted, and wallowed, distracted, in its ignominy.
Et, quand il eut fini, ce fut du délire, les belles bourgeoises ne s’essuyaient même pas de tant d’affronts elles applaudissaient frénétiquement, la salle trépignait, s’enrouait, se vautrait éperdue dans son ignominie.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
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wallow
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
wallow
wallows
Possessive case
wallow's
wallows'
wallow
verb
Basic forms
Past
wallowed
Imperative
wallow
Present Participle (Participle I)
wallowing
Past Participle (Participle II)
wallowed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I wallow
we wallow
you wallow
you wallow
he/she/it wallows
they wallow
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am wallowing
we are wallowing
you are wallowing
you are wallowing
he/she/it is wallowing
they are wallowing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have wallowed
we have wallowed
you have wallowed
you have wallowed
he/she/it has wallowed
they have wallowed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been wallowing
we have been wallowing
you have been wallowing
you have been wallowing
he/she/it has been wallowing
they have been wallowing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I wallowed
we wallowed
you wallowed
you wallowed
he/she/it wallowed
they wallowed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was wallowing
we were wallowing
you were wallowing
you were wallowing
he/she/it was wallowing
they were wallowing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had wallowed
we had wallowed
you had wallowed
you had wallowed
he/she/it had wallowed
they had wallowed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been wallowing
we had been wallowing
you had been wallowing
you had been wallowing
he/she/it had been wallowing
they had been wallowing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will wallow
we shall/will wallow
you will wallow
you will wallow
he/she/it will wallow
they will wallow
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be wallowing
we shall/will be wallowing
you will be wallowing
you will be wallowing
he/she/it will be wallowing
they will be wallowing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have wallowed
we shall/will have wallowed
you will have wallowed
you will have wallowed
he/she/it will have wallowed
they will have wallowed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been wallowing
we shall/will have been wallowing
you will have been wallowing
you will have been wallowing
he/she/it will have been wallowing
they will have been wallowing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would wallow
we should/would wallow
you would wallow
you would wallow
he/she/it would wallow
they would wallow
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be wallowing
we should/would be wallowing
you would be wallowing
you would be wallowing
he/she/it would be wallowing
they would be wallowing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have wallowed
we should/would have wallowed
you would have wallowed
you would have wallowed
he/she/it would have wallowed
they would have wallowed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice