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Examples of fizzle in a Sentence
oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill
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But according to Macdonald, as Whitney’s fame grew, the romance fizzled.
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Those efforts fizzled, and the training took a back seat for nearly three years.
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Mavs most likely to select one of these three prospects in the NBA Draft on Thursday Why the Dallas Mavericks should avoid Texas center Mo Bamba Mavericks' top picks often fizzled, but these five sizzled Trae Young to the Mavs?
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Plans for a rail hub fizzled, but the area has seen renewed interest in recent years after the city dedicated hundreds of millions of dollars to sports arenas.
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What could have been a heated fight between party factions to succeed longtime Orange County Republican Chair Lew Oliver fizzled Monday night — but another election in six months will really determine the county party’s future.
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But last year's deal fizzled, at least in the short term, because Jonathan Drouin's numbers dropped while Mikhail Sergachev developed into a solid defenseman with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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But that one-year bump of 240 places up to 286th quickly fizzled.
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But Trumpian politics fizzled in several important primaries, and voters chose a thoroughly conventional pair of candidates for governor in Mike DeWine, a Republican, and Richard Cordray, a Democrat.
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Origin and Etymology of fizzle
perhaps alteration of fist to break wind
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First Known Use: 1840
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearExamples of fizzle in a Sentence
the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship
the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
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The 8-5 loss was the Cubs’ fifth already this season and punctuated Wrigleyville’s opening day celebration with a fizzle.
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No one knows if this will turn into a Hollywood story or fizzle under the crush of the long, draining road required to survive and thrive.
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The Maryland team pieced together a 15-play drive under the wire to put itself deep in Pennsylvania territory and then withheld the uncharacteristically quiet opposing offense to a fourth-down fizzle.
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Men's' long jump showdown fizzles at the NCAA Championships.
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The immediate threats to Israeli security could of course fizzle.
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An otherworldly cloud flourished from the fizzle, rapidly expanding outward and upward, morphing into different shapes.
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An otherworldly cloud flourished from the fizzle, rapidly expanding outward and upward, morphing into different shapes.
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The immediate threats to Israeli security could of course fizzle.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fizzle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of fizzle
1846
fizzle Synonyms
Synonyms
bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, turkey, washout;
Antonyms
blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner;
Near Antonyms
corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon;
Related Words
also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss;
FIZZLE Defined for English Language Learners
FIZZLE Defined for Kids
Definition of fizzle for Students
fizzled;
fizzling
: to fail after a good start
- Our winning streak fizzled out.
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