Past tense of wallow
regular verb
The past tense of wallow is wallowed. The past participle is also wallowed.
Forms of wallow
| Base form (V1) | wallow /ˈwɒ.ləʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wallowed |
| Past participle (V3) | wallowed |
| Present participle | wallowing |
| Third person singular | wallows |
Wallowed in a sentence
- She wallowed in her misery.
- There the North British, having apparently decided that we had sufficiently wallowed in luxury, turned us out and loaded us into ancient four-wheelers, which were then attached to the rear of the night express (8.15 from Kings Cross).1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459
- They wallowed lazily, nibbling bits of sea grass, their dorsal fins sometimes cutting through the water, sharklike.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 125. From the entry sharklike
- But I happily wallowed in my slanhood.2005 November 22, “Cliffy”, “My Students Can’t Name 3 First Amendment Rights: Sad or Normal?”, in Straight Dope Message Board, The…. From the entry slanhood
- But he never bawled and pranced and wallowed in mud and came home in the arms of shouting larrikins.1938, Xavier Herbert, “Psychological Effect of a Solar Topee”, in Capricornia […], New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton-Century…. From the entry larrikin
Meaning of wallow
- verb To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
- verb To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
- verb To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
Questions about the past tense of wallow
- What is the past tense of wallow?
- The past tense of wallow is wallowed.
- What is the past participle of wallow?
- The past participle of wallow is wallowed.
- Is wallow a regular or irregular verb?
- Wallow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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