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Laughter disperses tension, crying kind of wallows in it.

Ross Luippold: The Onion 's John Krewson Talks 9/11 And Comedy As A Curative Ross Luippold 2010

Here we noticed buffalo "wallows" – saucer-like depressions in the ground, where the animals rubbed themselves.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

Years since they had employed even more labour, before machinery came into use so much: then as many as twenty-four women might have been counted in one hayfield, all in regular rank like soldiers, turning the hay 'wallows' with their rakes.

Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867

Of these quiet little herds, a fair representation will be seen, Where some are grazing, others at play, or lying down, and others indulging in their "wallows".

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841

"Laughter disperses tension, crying kind of wallows in it.

Ross Luippold: The Onion's John Krewson Talks 9/11 And Comedy As A Curative 2010

"Laughter disperses tension, crying kind of wallows in it.

Ross Luippold: The Onion 's John Krewson Talks 9/11 And Comedy As A Curative 2010

"Laughter disperses tension, crying kind of wallows in it.

Ross Luippold: The Onion 's John Krewson Talks 9/11 And Comedy As A Curative 2010

She's self-absorbed, has low self-esteem and wallows in self-pity.

Annie Stamell: Bridesmaids Delivers Laughs, but What About Likes? Annie Stamell 2011

Such public shame is not possible in Chinese culture where the government cannot be held accountable if its own "news" agency wallows in the filth of single-party corruption.

Some Will Be More Equal in New Global Media Order 2011

Seems no one is willing to admit their own weakness ... instead the party still wallows in blame and denial.

Voinovich: The GOP's 'being taken over by Southerners' 2009