was fizzling
- past progressive of fizzle.
Example Sentences
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Murray, who moved back home to the Borders during the pandemic said: "My career was fizzling out so this was sort of me giving something back to the area I'm from."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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
Then Lucy moved about with quick steps, and soon a goodly supper of mutton-chops was fizzling in the frying-pan, sending forth savory odors that made their mouths water.
From In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia by Alger, Horatio
