fizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
is fizzling
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present progressiveof fizzle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The easiest trade of the year is fizzling, and the lost momentum is keeping investors' money out.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
The latter project, China’s 16+1 group, is fizzling because of countries’ disappointed expectations and Beijing’s relations with Moscow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
Everton have not won for six games now and their season is fizzling out a bit, to the extent Arsenal will go above them if they win this one.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2021
Molina is Kenneth Halliwell, his lover and best friend who becomes unstable and obsessively jealous of Orton’s colossal success while his own career as an actor is fizzling out.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
If Abnegation is fizzling, it’s our fault—Robert’s and Caleb’s and mine.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
