sizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
had sizzled
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past perfectof sizzle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The baseball had sizzled down the line, and “I don’t remember looking at it like, ‘Oh, that’s a ball that should have been caught,’” said Brandon Morrow, the Dodgers pitcher at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2019
The offenses had sizzled for so long that it felt like they would blow the top off the Alamodome on Thursday night during the Alamo Bowl.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2011
After things had sizzled out, Hugh, I came away, and ran nearly all the distance between the Hosmer cottage and your house, I was that eager to tell you how the land lay.
From The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant by Donald Ferguson
