fizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
was fizzling
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past progressiveof fizzle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His relationship with Peter Schlesinger - the young Californian subject of many of Hockney's paintings - was fizzling out.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
His dream of springboarding into politics with an antipoverty message was fizzling, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
After she spoke with the state investigator, Myers heard nothing for so long that she figured the criminal inquiry was fizzling out.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
By then, a steady rain was falling, however, and the protest was fizzling.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2018
He was fizzling like a baking-soda volcano, saliva slicking his cheeks and nostrils and chin, his eyes rolling.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
