sizzling
Britishadjective
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extremely hot
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very passionate or erotic
a sizzling sex scene
Example Sentences
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Reigning champion Rory McIlroy heads into the weekend sizzling at 12-under and six strokes up on Reed and Sam Burns, which gives him the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Cox Automative expects sales drops of more than nine percent for both General Motors and Ford compared with a year earlier, when both automakers reported sizzling sales amid the tariff headlines.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"And they'd all got the memo to play ball and deliver an opening episode full of sizzling chemistry, cheeky banter and decent anecdotes," she wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The glowing embers drifted down slowly, gently, dying sizzling deaths on the surface of the water, and Akira got a sinking feeling in her stomach.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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