fizzled; fizzling
ˈfi-zə-liŋ 
ˈfiz-liŋ
1
: fizz
2
: to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start
—often used with out
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Examples of fizzle in a Sentence
Verb
oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill
Noun
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
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Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
The battle to ratify the Amendment fizzled out, even after Congress extended the deadline to 1982.
—Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
In the second act of We Live in Cairo, the revolution fizzles, but the musical snaps into clearer focus.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Yet four years later, the argument still hasn’t been tried, while the cycle of public attention frothed and fizzled, with various starts and stops.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
The battle to ratify the Amendment fizzled out, even after Congress extended the deadline to 1982.
—Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
After months of bluster, the inquiry later fizzles.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
In the second act of We Live in Cairo, the revolution fizzles, but the musical snaps into clearer focus.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Fizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fizzle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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