How to Use rizz in a Sentence

rizz

noun
  • If someone has charisma or charm, their rizz is on display.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Like most Aries, Zane goes above and beyond to show his rizz to clients.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Where the stakes are high — illness, money — rizz won’t carry the day.
    — David S. Bennahum, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Parents of tweens and teens like me are always in need of a brush up on current slang terms, such as lala bop, and rizz.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The absolute rizz of our guy just sitting on the floor, eighth whiskey in, listening to jazz in a fog of cigarette smoke.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Now, men are competing for rizz and Aubrey Graham is always losing.
    — refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • Although there isn’t a handbook on how to have great rizz, being confident, funny and one’s self is usually the way to go.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Having rizz is making someone fall for you, said Beryl and her little sister Marigold, 9.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Its central relationship compels, its side characters are rizz-y, and the writing is fire.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Whether or not someone has rizz is subjective, as charm that may work for someone may not necessarily work for someone else.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • In either case, different types of rizz, or different types of charm, belong to and work for different people.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Fact checked by Sarah Scott Parents of tweens and teens like me are always in need of a brush up on current slang terms, such as lala bop, and rizz.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Zendaya put it best in a 2024 interview with Buzzfeed when she was asked which Dune cast member had the most rizz.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • His rizz and professional development throughout the series make the doctor a Capricorn to the core.
    — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The universe promotes chill vibes, rizz, communication, and gentleness — so focus on centering the vibe.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Twice now, Hollywood has tried unsuccessfully to sell us on a young actor having Harrison Ford’s rizz.
    — Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 2 May 2025
  • Being personable, endearing or charismatic, are typically indicators of whether or not someone has rizz.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • While rizz evidently gained mass popularity through social media, its impact began with streamer Cenat, who is largely considered to be the originator of the term.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The new generation’s way of describing someone’s charm or flirting capability, rizz has often been mistaken as short for charisma, which Cenat firmly indicated was not his intention.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Thankfully, the overreliance on sketches about Elordi’s retina-bursting rizz barely diminished an otherwise fantastic midseason premiere.
    — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Venus enters Sagittarius on October 17 (staying in the fire sign until November 11), giving us rizz and bringing exuberance to our lives.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2024

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