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as in steams
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 sizzles
Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The road beneath our feet sizzles in the sun.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Communication sizzles as Mercury’s friction with change-maker Uranus triggers impatience, sensory overload or sudden changes in plans.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
And at Teppanyaki Fuji Kanda, an outpost of Tokyo’s Michelin three-star Nihon Ryori Kanda, rare-breed beef from Kagoshima sizzles on a hot plate.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Cooks tend the iconic grill in full view, sending up smoky aromas and satisfying sizzles that are the restaurant’s heartbeat.
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Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
20 Mar. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
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Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
This uptempo track’s percussion sizzles and while the guitar lines are tight and catchy, making for quite the radio-friendly track.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
As Europe sizzles amid another record-breaking heatwave, many American states are preparing for a similar event.
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Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The road beneath our feet sizzles in the sun.
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Communication sizzles as Mercury’s friction with change-maker Uranus triggers impatience, sensory overload or sudden changes in plans.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
And at Teppanyaki Fuji Kanda, an outpost of Tokyo’s Michelin three-star Nihon Ryori Kanda, rare-breed beef from Kagoshima sizzles on a hot plate.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Cooks tend the iconic grill in full view, sending up smoky aromas and satisfying sizzles that are the restaurant’s heartbeat.
—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
20 Mar. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
This uptempo track’s percussion sizzles and while the guitar lines are tight and catchy, making for quite the radio-friendly track.
—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzles
Noun
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While other animals such as rats and mice are also known to have laryngeal whistles, the study says that horses are believed to be the only animals known to combine the whistle with vocal fold vibrations to create a single, dual sound call.
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Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
Verb
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Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
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Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
Verb
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During that time, the steak essentially steams.
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This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure.
Noun
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Even packed with her belongings, the purse zips smoothly and doesn’t look bulky, which is a win for a mini bag.
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About 400 miles north of Hesperia, the highway zips out of California and into Nevada (around Topaz Lake), heads north for about 88 miles through Carson City and Reno, and then reenters the Golden State around Cold Springs.
Verb
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Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.
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Halfway through 2026 and the Beckham family feud still rages on.
Verb
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Rucking burns significantly more calories than regular walking, builds full-body functional strength and supports bone density, all while staying gentler on the joints than running.
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Venus burns only 1 degree to the upper right of Regulus, which is 150 times fainter.
Verb
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Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color.
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Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils.
Verb
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Sharon Stone storms the runway at the Vetements Spring Summer 2027 fashion show during Paris Men's Fashion Week on June 26.
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In a flashback to the Italian inn, Lestat storms in on Gabriella sleeping with a rando, having heard her through the walls.
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“Sizzles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzles. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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