How to Use fizzle in a Sentence

fizzle

1 of 2 verb
  • But of course, that fizzled out.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The whole scene had just kind of fizzled away.
    — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
  • Sparks ran for 9 yards on the next play, but the drive fizzled.
    — Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With two outs, the inning could have fizzled.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Posts that started strong but fizzled out.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The House refused to hear it, and the talk fizzled.
    — Jeffrey S. Solochek, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The trend lasted a few months, and had fizzled out within a year.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • However, the two fizzled out by the end of that fall.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Campaigns catch fire — or fizzle.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Neither wants to deal with those feelings, so this fizzles out.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • If could fizzle out at any time and go from faint to bright and back to faint in a matter of hours.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Any rain in the evening should remain north of the metro and fizzle into the night.
    — Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Don’t let this year fizzle without a little fizz.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The effort fizzled out six years later.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But much of the energy fizzles away once the protest or the election is over.
    — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Other laws were proposed, but fizzled out.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • However, the group’s hype would fizzle out.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
  • When Garcia died three decades ago, the legacy of the band could have fizzled.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Characters melt and fizzle under the heat of the sun.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But that soft relaunch fizzled out, and this one makes no such effort to evolve the concept.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The rally fizzled without a run.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • The diss was widely panned, and the beef seemingly fizzled out.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But at some point, gold's relentless rise will likely fizzle out.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But at some point, gold's relentless rise will likely fizzle out.
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Fans have seen offseason hype fizzle.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • So a lot of this talk has fizzled down, but last year Facebook changed its same to Meta.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 May 2023
  • Even the most recent market surge may be poised to fizzle out sooner rather than later.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Summer monsoon storms stayed away, while winter rains fizzled.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Now, the almond boom has fizzled and the industry has entered a slump.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • By the end of December, the whole thing appeared to fizzle out.
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022

fizzle

2 of 2 noun
  • Some of these fizzle on our doorstep, some come through with a sound and fury.
    — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 29 June 2017
  • If real users don’t watch or share the clips, a campaign fizzles.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • Does that mean Computex will be a fizzle for that crowd?
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • How does something this big fizzle away with no concrete action?
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • But if that boom fizzles, the pain will ripple through the whole economy.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His fizzle-out of a finish helped guarantee their fate.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
  • Why did earlier efforts to make a movie of the novel fizzle out?
    — Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2012
  • Instead of a raucous send-off, our season went out with an anxious fizzle.
    — Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Bryan Harsin’s first season at Auburn ended not with a bang, but with a fizzle.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 12 Jan. 2022
  • More than 25 years later, Lips has felt much of that early spark of hope fizzle and flame out.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
  • An instant flash of talent, followed by a fizzle that left the baseball world scratching its head.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • And then, yes, many times that inevitable fizzle of disappointment.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The salon, once bustling with clients in the 1980s, has seen business fizzle through the years.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Its first was something of a fizzle, with an explosion that was only about 1 kiloton.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Hopkins wasn’t even present to accept his statuette, resulting in a fizzle rather than a big finale.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The lounge offers 15 signature cocktails, many of which fizzle, smoke and flame.
    — oregonlive, 22 May 2021
  • Pick the game before guests arrive, give people time to socialize first and keep a backup game ready in case the first one fizzles.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • If Allen was more fizzle than sizzle Saturday, the Hawkeyes were more steak than break.
    — Scott Dochterman, ajc, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Yet that might risk generating only a small pop, or even a fizzle, for customers of its retail platform.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 28 July 2021
  • Participants can go home with gifts such as pom pom animals, bead lizards, original art and bath fizzles.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the David Lynch–style tension built by Will’s arrival just kind of fizzles.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The big takeaway from the Netflix fizzle is that maybe, just maybe, streaming isn’t all that special a business after all.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022
  • But besides rolling to first-half point totals of 85 and 73 points, though, the season restart has been more fizzle than sizzle.
    — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The Dreadful is the sort of film that prides itself on being a slow burn but ultimately more resembles a fizzle.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
  • No story serves as a better warning for the dangers of hyping biohacking too much than its most famous fizzle, the glowing plant project.
    — Molly Olmstead, Slate Magazine, 4 May 2017
  • False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, with a big pop and a lingering, smoky fizzle.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Nov. 2022
  • But a few of those fizzles stung, and the repetition felt like a rollercoaster - fun at first, but nauseating before long.
    — Hannah Orenstein, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2018
  • When Sergio’s reunion with Noa fizzles, Sergio and Ana are left alone in his apartment.
    — USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • No one knows if this will turn into a Hollywood story or fizzle under the crush of the long, draining road required to survive and thrive.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2018
  • Given her considerable know-how and compelling background, why did Atkins’ campaign fizzle?
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025

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