sizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
had been sizzling
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past perfect progressiveof sizzle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The sports headliners were New York Knicks legends John Starks and Michael Ray Richardson, plus Langston Galloway, an undrafted free agent rookie guard who had been sizzling at the time.
From Forbes ● Apr. 7, 2015
I would have been more impressed," he said, "if the international cables during the 40-day truce had been sizzling with messages to Hanoi saying, 'Now conditions for talks exist.
From Time Magazine Archive
