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Examples of fizzle in a Sentence
oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill
Recent Examples of fizzle from the Web
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There was no major turning point -- the movement just kind of fizzled out, as these things do.
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Others fail to gain traction, spinning out of control or momentarily flaring bright, then fizzling.
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Freedom to Work sought to undercut that repeal with an initiative petition in favor of right to work, but the effort fizzled.
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But an artist should never outstay his welcome or fizzle out in mediocrity.
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Gandulla lost that fight — and his career fizzled after that.
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The tornado over Barkhamsted was small, fizzling over the town reservoir without causing any damage.
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Chicago has been tied to flame-throwing lefty Shane McLanahan here, but such talk has fizzled out over the last month. 5.
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Now without a win since the end of March, Leicester's season looks in danger of fizzling out ahead games against Arsenal and Tottenham to come before the end of the campaign.
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Origin and Etymology of fizzle
perhaps alteration of fist to break wind
NEW! Time Traveler
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
Recent Examples of fizzle from the Web
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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.
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If Mizzou doesn’t seize this reminder to make that sort of intensity a defining part of its game, every game, then this turnaround season will be remembered for a late fizzle as much as anything else — with or without the return of Porter.
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And then, yes, many times that inevitable fizzle of disappointment.
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But any notion that the Iowan—who died in 1942, of pancreatic cancer, on the day before his fifty-first birthday—is an underrated artist fizzles.
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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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