Word: wallows
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...didn't constantly ram the sentiment down our throats that art can only flourish in sordid surroundings. I had no objection to Henry's choosing poverty over wealth, if that's what made him comfortable. But I didn't see why I and the rest of the audience should wallow in voyeuristic guilt over not having done the same thing. There's something much too pat and easy about a writer who presents his own lifestyle as the only possible way to live the creative life...
Sitting there I realized how ridiculous it was to wallow in self-pity, thinking my life must be over because I'd broken up with my high school boyfriend...
...program of catastrophic health insurance for aged and disabled Medicare recipients. Such a program would be of immense help to the millions of Americans who live in fear of bankruptcy or--even worse--of not receiving medical care they may desperately need should catastrophe hit. But Congress should not wallow in self-congratulation if it passes this extension of Medicare. Although important in itself, it would not address other even larger health care financing issues...
...professors' use of "speech" gradually became more extensive, its value decreased proportionally. Like addicts presented with an unlimited supply of heroin professors began to wallow unabashedly in the infinite possibilities of instructional noise. Soon they were trying to fit so much "speech" into one sentence that, well, listen for yourself to an example of the most dreaded of lecture hall horrors--The Harvard Hyperbole...
...easy to wallow in one's own victimization--that's why we've got so many "artists" and "writers." What's harder is saying no to victimization, and going beyond it in your work. Harder, but not impossible. Harder, and not done here...