fizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
fizzled
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past participleof fizzle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fizzle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fizzleverb (used without object)to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
Example Sentences
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Raman tried to exempt newly built apartment complexes, but her proposal fizzled out in the City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But other new memory ETFs have fizzled so far.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Imagine a crypto billionaire paying a supposed $4.5 million fee so he can marry a Hollywood star—and then hiring a celebrity lawyer to get the cash back when the romance fizzled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But those paper gains quickly fizzled, and the coin was trading at around $1.80 early Wednesday afternoon, a 95% decline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The warm happiness I had felt at seeing all that gold fizzled as fast as snow on a hot griddle.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
