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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
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.
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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
Zacha cut to the high slot and sizzled a wrist shot over Binnington’s glove arm.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The Nuggets’ veteran shooting guard sizzled off the bench Wednesday night, scoring 18 points in 24 minutes in Denver’s 122-112 victory over Miami at Ball Arena.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Neanderthals sizzled meat over open flames; hunter-gatherers ground wild wheat to make bread; and factory workers canned fruit for soldiers during the Civil War.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
But from the very first race in the summer of 1993, these sausages have sizzled and arguably helped to modernize the most traditional American pastime.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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
Zacha cut to the high slot and sizzled a wrist shot over Binnington’s glove arm.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The Nuggets’ veteran shooting guard sizzled off the bench Wednesday night, scoring 18 points in 24 minutes in Denver’s 122-112 victory over Miami at Ball Arena.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
Neanderthals sizzled meat over open flames; hunter-gatherers ground wild wheat to make bread; and factory workers canned fruit for soldiers during the Civil War.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
But from the very first race in the summer of 1993, these sausages have sizzled and arguably helped to modernize the most traditional American pastime.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzled
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The heaters hissed and clanked, let off steam, fogged up the windows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Many more dogs licked the cat than the opposite, and more felines ignored, ran away, and hissed at the dog than vice versa.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Nov. 2025
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The windows steamed with the warmth of the revelry inside.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In recent weeks, as Indiana steamed toward the national-title game, Cuban gave even more.—
Keith O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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My friend told me that protests had also raged in working-class areas along Tabarsi Boulevard, on the other side of the city, and in the suburbs of Sakhtaman and Sayedi.—
Davood Moradian,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters had to enter apartments to shield people who were trapped near windows as flames raged.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Some have had to abandon their homes, with all of their belongings still inside, only to find out later that those houses were burned to the ground.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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Fort Worth firefighter Caleb Halvorson, who was critically burned while responding to a house fire in Fort Worth's historic Southside last September, shared a powerful response following a Tarrant County grand jury's decision not to charge the suspect in that fire with arson.—
Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bugti said militants stormed the home of a Baloch laborer in Gwadar and killed five women and three children.—
Abdul Sattar,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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After all, five years later, there is still a serious debate in this country about whether people who stormed the nation’s capital were justified.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Miso contains several bacterial strains as long as it isn't boiled or heated.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
29 Jan. 2026
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Claxton boiled it down to the same thing, only with a player’s bluntness.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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For the next several years, Hostetler seethed on the bench.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Sean Payton stood behind a lectern in a small room deep inside Levi’s Stadium back in August and seethed.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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This should have people across the country absolutely shook.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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The birth of Endeavor startled Hollywood, but Endeavor’s subsequent takeover of powerhouse William Morris shook the town to its core.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzled. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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