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as in hissing
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 steaming
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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as in blazing
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzling
Adjective
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Simpson used his blazing speed to beat out a slow infield roller for a single.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Alem and Schneider arrived at their farm plot in Bronzeville in broad-brimmed hats and sturdy boots, ready to harvest zucchini and cucumber under a blazing summer sun.—
Nara Schoenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
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There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.—
Travis Loller,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.—
Interesting Engineering,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Bitcoin’s rally to an all-time high Thursday was short lived, as disappointing economic data and limited government interest threw cold water on the white-hot cryptocurrency.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The sports bra thing did kinda work—the pain became more of a dull ache than a white-hot, burning sensation—but wearing a tight bra all the time sucks.—
Kara McGrath,
Allure,
7 Aug. 2025
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Jan. 2025
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That same year, the Legislature appropriated $180 million that the Air Resources Board could use to fund alternatives to burning.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This means that voters and Congress members alike are driven not so much by loyalty to their own party but instead a sort of seething hatred for the other political party.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Bateman's seething anger at having his card bested by that of his colleague Paul Allen (Jared Leto), despite the two cards looking almost identical, satirized the vacuous materialism of 1980s yuppie culture.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Hours after the fire was put out, the smell of molten metal was present throughout the ramp between the second and third floors of the garage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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The first molten metal recently glided from one new three-story furnace, oozed down chutes and spilled into 26-foot casting cylinders, deep in the floor of the expansion.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Executives overall are under more pressure, as evidenced by the torrid pace of total CEO ousters in recent years.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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After recovering from hip surgery, Daniels, who played second base, had a torrid junior season for the Huskies, voted Big East player of the year, hitting .365 with 18 home runs and 75 RBI in 54 games.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
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“Sizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzling. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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