How to Use sizzle reel in a Sentence

sizzle reel

noun
  • Yakuza 0 and more Sega did a sizzle reel of a bunch of ports.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 11 June 2018
  • The show evolved from a sizzle reel and then a pitch before landing at Prime Video.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Schmitt released a sizzle reel before last year’s game and ended up having a few big hits in the blowout win.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
  • Melin’s sales team will introduce the prestige project with a sizzle reel, script and all designs.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • To help make the sale, Seacrest sent a crew to the Kardashian house to film a sizzle reel.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 9 June 2021
  • Sony also showed a brief sizzle reel of some psychedelic and trippy footage.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But there was a notable dearth of video footage of the shows except a short sizzle reel near the end of the presentation.
    — Natalie Jarvey, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2019
  • My friend and fellow producer, Keri Selig, sent me a sizzle reel.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 14 June 2025
  • Leo brought on Ting and created the most glorious sizzle reel.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Leo brought on Ting and created the most glorious sizzle reel.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 7 July 2021
  • The sizzle reel shows the duo fighting people off in a series of intense action sequences.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Normally, in an arena, that would include sizzle reels, hype videos and raucous music.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • After Baryshnikov filmed a sizzle reel to help the project land funding, Mendes signed on to produce and star.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Apple's other updates this year come with similar new-feature sizzle reels.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For most of his life, Dillingham has been a go-to player on his teams, a bucket-getting ingenue with a sizzle reel full of style points.
    — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The campaign’s sizzle reel that was originally shared on YouTube has since been made private.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Aug. 2022
  • After a 20-minute wait, a sizzle reel of cat clips aired, followed by a long scroll of financial disclosure text.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Ribeiro leaned into their on-screen chemistry as a family unit when creating a sizzle reel to get financing for the project.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
  • The streamer released a sizzle reel to preview this year's slate, which includes new titles dropping on the platform every week.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Jackson wrote Wednesday on Instagram, sharing a sizzle reel for the tour.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The producers, who are handling sales, will be debuting a seven-minute sizzle reel next week at Sundance.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Rudy’s team sent me the script with a kind of sizzle reel — basically a short version of the opening scene — just to give an example of the vision.
    — Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Several splashy book adaptations, films and shows coming to the streamer in the next couple of months were teased in a sizzle reel of first look footage this morning.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan Meinerding, head of visual development, who had a sizzle reel focused on his key work in the live-action sphere.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2022
  • Rather than include footage from some of the upcoming shows, though, Netflix has taken a different approach with this sizzle reel.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Taking the stage to a brief sizzle reel of her memorable career moments, Lauper wasted no time getting right into the thick of it.
    — Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • After the premiere was the Trophée Chopard ceremony, which featured a tribute and your sizzle reel.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • Mk2 films will share the script and sizzle reel at next week’s virtual American Film Market.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Oct. 2021
  • There is a pitch deck and sizzle reel available via Brownstone’s announcement for interested investors.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The video is a design sizzle reel from Adam Grabowski and Nicolo Bianchino.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 July 2018

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