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as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\
from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan
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as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit
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Recent Examples of sizzled
Chefs are eye-to-eye with customers, who curiously watch fish being sliced and sizzled.
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Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Las Vegas has similarly sizzled.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Everyone was serious and fast; even the aprés bar sizzled with intention.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
Ball sizzled by draining 6 of 7 attempts beyond the arc in that period.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
Sparklers sizzled, boom-badoom-boom bass thumped, and Nicki Minaj emerged onstage at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest last month to deliver the latest plot twist in an exhausting year for politics and pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Never mind that the Padres exited fast from the playoffs three months ago and that their offseason hasn’t sizzled.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s a win for the meat industry and for members of the MAHA contingent who enjoy steak-heavy diets and their french fries sizzled in beef tallow.
—Sarah Todd, STAT, 7 Jan. 2026
Snoop hilariously sizzled when Warriors coach Steve Kerr stormed the court in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 103-102 victory.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Las Vegas has similarly sizzled.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Everyone was serious and fast; even the aprés bar sizzled with intention.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
Ball sizzled by draining 6 of 7 attempts beyond the arc in that period.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
Sparklers sizzled, boom-badoom-boom bass thumped, and Nicki Minaj emerged onstage at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest last month to deliver the latest plot twist in an exhausting year for politics and pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Never mind that the Padres exited fast from the playoffs three months ago and that their offseason hasn’t sizzled.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s a win for the meat industry and for members of the MAHA contingent who enjoy steak-heavy diets and their french fries sizzled in beef tallow.
—Sarah Todd, STAT, 7 Jan. 2026
Snoop hilariously sizzled when Warriors coach Steve Kerr stormed the court in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 103-102 victory.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzled
Verb
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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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Like the tongues of a multi-headed snake, the Trail of Tears hissed through Chattanooga, Northern Alabama, Western North Carolina, Middle Tennessee and up through Southern Illinois, down through Missouri, across Arkansas before stopping in what is now Eastern Oklahoma.—
Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rather, the fabric should be steamed from behind or from a distance.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
4 May 2026
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The baby leaves can be eaten raw or steamed like spinach.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Homicides increased in 2019 and again in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic raged and cities across the country saw similar spikes, but declined each of the next four years, the data show.—
Hailey Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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For a long time the war that raged inside my soul was all of my intellectual hatred of religion versus the religious art that deeply moved me, especially music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Two students at the North Crowley 9th Grade Campus were burned Thursday, May 7, in an altercation.—
Maven Navarro,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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Firefighters found the the victim’s badly burned body in the back of the house, according to FDNY.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Activists said Israeli forces stormed their vessels, smashed engines and detained some of those aboard.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist and Brayden McNabb scored a short-handed goal as the Golden Knights stormed to a 5-0 lead after two periods, silencing a sellout crowd in Orange County and erasing memories of their rough offensive outing in Game 2.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In the new system, post-consumer plastics were first boiled in sulfuric acid for six hours.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Whether baked, fried, boiled or mashed, potatoes are a big part of breakfast, lunch and dinner.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When Burgess put both their names on the sign outside their Bridgeport, Connecticut, workshop, Fuller seethed.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Her plea will spare a lengthy discovery period and likely mark the legal denouement of a federal probe that shook Sacramento after the FBI recorded dozens of lobbyists in the summer of 2024 as part of the investigation.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The writer-director sets her sophomore feature barely two years after the country shook off the despot’s iron grip.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzled. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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