fizzle
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
were 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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But he couldn’t help noticing that the efforts to initiate strikes were fizzling out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Regardless of who’s telling the truth, it already seemed clear from Snap’s first two earnings reports that Spectacles were fizzling.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2017
They benefited from being in the right place at the right time, coming into their own while the dominant trends of the late 90s were fizzling out.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2011
But the public reaction was a far cry from the humiliation and bafflement Americans felt four years ago, when their first feeble efforts to match Sputnik I were fizzling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hot bread was waiting, and crisp, brown slices of bacon were fizzling in the pan.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
