as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\
oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill
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Recent Examples of fizzled
The rally fizzled without a run.
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Matt Gelb, New York Times, 31 May 2026
As his own self-celebration has fizzled, a void has opened between the scheduled roster of events and the true purpose and meaning of the solemnity of July 4, 2026.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
The trouble was Genesis’s EV-centric plan fizzled out as sales stalled, while Europeans stayed wedded to the German monopoly.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Tre Phelps remembers the feeling when Georgia fizzled in the NCAA regionals last season.
—Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
Bednar’s resume saved him when the Avs fizzled for three consecutive years after winning the Stanley Cup.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
The Eagles moved on from Kevin Patullo and hired Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion as offensive coordinator to bring fresh ideas to an offense that fizzled out in the 2025 season.
—Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The whole scene had just kind of fizzled away.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
But Marshall’s career fizzled out in the NFL before the Dolphins offered him a lifeline this spring.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Matt Gelb, New York Times, 31 May 2026
As his own self-celebration has fizzled, a void has opened between the scheduled roster of events and the true purpose and meaning of the solemnity of July 4, 2026.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
The trouble was Genesis’s EV-centric plan fizzled out as sales stalled, while Europeans stayed wedded to the German monopoly.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Tre Phelps remembers the feeling when Georgia fizzled in the NCAA regionals last season.
—Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
Bednar’s resume saved him when the Avs fizzled for three consecutive years after winning the Stanley Cup.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
The Eagles moved on from Kevin Patullo and hired Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion as offensive coordinator to bring fresh ideas to an offense that fizzled out in the 2025 season.
—Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The whole scene had just kind of fizzled away.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
But Marshall’s career fizzled out in the NFL before the Dolphins offered him a lifeline this spring.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzled
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Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Rangers were marching toward that goal when conflict bubbled back to the surface.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Our blind taste test deduced which flavored fizzes bubbled up to the top.—
Emily Heil,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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“Fizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzled. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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