fizzled; fizzling
ˈfi-zə-liŋ 
ˈfiz-liŋ
1
: fizz
2
: to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start
—often used with out
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
The Rangers managed two hits – one of them an infield single – before a brief ninth-inning rally eventually fizzled.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
Users’ fervor has fizzled: Engagement is stalling, according to data analytics companies.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
The Hang Seng Index has fallen by 12.4% this year after a small rally from China’s relaxation of COVID controls fizzled out.
—Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, the country's economic activity fizzled out earlier than expected following the lifting of virus controls, prompting Chinese leaders to try to shore up business and consumer activity.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
Even as efforts to prove fraud in Wisconsin fizzled, the pressure on the commission remained intense.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2023
But as the meeting went on, the hope of the Pac-12 signing the deal and staying together fizzled.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
If that engine just completely explodes and sends shrapnel everywhere, the plane is going to fizzle out and hit the ground.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 31 July 2023
Speaking of fizzles, this is not the first heyday of artificial intelligence, this is perhaps the second heyday.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
Youth unemployment has joined a number of headwinds — tepid domestic consumption, a retreat by private industry and a struggling property market — in becoming a major headache for China’s leadership as the country’s post-Covid recovery fizzles out.
—Laura He, CNN, 26 July 2023
Photon fizzle Elia offers to buy Dr. Pershing a Photon fizzle, referring to a type of drink available at Dex's Diner from Attack of the Clones and featured in the cookbook for Galaxy's Edge, Disney's Star Wars theme park area.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023
When Sergio’s reunion with Noa fizzles, Sergio and Ana are left alone in his apartment.
—USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
An instant flash of talent, followed by a fizzle that left the baseball world scratching its head.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
That hope fizzles once Evans comes to terms with the possibility that he’s been ghosted, a term used to describe a scenario in which a person cuts off communication without any explanation.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
They’re also known as a weatherperson’s woe, since the pattern can sometimes last days, if not weeks, spinning and causing unsettled weather until the low pressure system either fizzles or gets picked up again by the jet stream.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023
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Verb
That performance ended up landing the teen rapper a talent manager, but their working relationship fizzled out after a few months.
—Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
The Rangers managed two hits – one of them an infield single – before a brief ninth-inning rally eventually fizzled.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
Users’ fervor has fizzled: Engagement is stalling, according to data analytics companies.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
The Hang Seng Index has fallen by 12.4% this year after a small rally from China’s relaxation of COVID controls fizzled out.
—Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, the country's economic activity fizzled out earlier than expected following the lifting of virus controls, prompting Chinese leaders to try to shore up business and consumer activity.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
Even as efforts to prove fraud in Wisconsin fizzled, the pressure on the commission remained intense.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2023
But as the meeting went on, the hope of the Pac-12 signing the deal and staying together fizzled.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
If that engine just completely explodes and sends shrapnel everywhere, the plane is going to fizzle out and hit the ground.
—Jay Blackman, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
Noun
Advertisement The Senate trial, which promises to be one of the biggest political spectacles in Texas history, will determine not only whether Paxton will be allowed to serve out his term, but whether the movement against Republicans who voted to impeach him expands or fizzles.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 31 July 2023
Speaking of fizzles, this is not the first heyday of artificial intelligence, this is perhaps the second heyday.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
Youth unemployment has joined a number of headwinds — tepid domestic consumption, a retreat by private industry and a struggling property market — in becoming a major headache for China’s leadership as the country’s post-Covid recovery fizzles out.
—Laura He, CNN, 26 July 2023
Photon fizzle Elia offers to buy Dr. Pershing a Photon fizzle, referring to a type of drink available at Dex's Diner from Attack of the Clones and featured in the cookbook for Galaxy's Edge, Disney's Star Wars theme park area.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023
When Sergio’s reunion with Noa fizzles, Sergio and Ana are left alone in his apartment.
—USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
An instant flash of talent, followed by a fizzle that left the baseball world scratching its head.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
That hope fizzles once Evans comes to terms with the possibility that he’s been ghosted, a term used to describe a scenario in which a person cuts off communication without any explanation.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
They’re also known as a weatherperson’s woe, since the pattern can sometimes last days, if not weeks, spinning and causing unsettled weather until the low pressure system either fizzles or gets picked up again by the jet stream.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023
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fizzle
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fiz·zle
ˈfiz-əl
fizzled; fizzling
-(ə-)liŋ
: to fail after a good start
—often used with out
fizzle
noun
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