sizzled; sizzling
ˈsi-zə-liŋ 
ˈsiz-liŋ
: to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound
1
: to make a hissing sound in or as if in burning or frying
2
: to seethe with deep anger or resentment
1
: a hissing sound (as of something frying over a fire)
2
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Examples of sizzle in a Sentence
Verb
bacon sizzling in the pan
Their romance sizzled throughout the whole summer.
The book sizzles with excitement.
Noun
there was a brief sizzle as the moth flew into the flame
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Queen Bey is set to sizzle on stage performing in her hometown of Houston during the Ravens-Texans game at NRG Stadium.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Joseph Person, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Venus in Aries is sizzling through your 10th house of authority, career and reputation in the world, heightening everything from your powers of persuasion to your charm in the public eye.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Queen Bey is set to sizzle on stage performing in her hometown of Houston during the Ravens-Texans game at NRG Stadium.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
This year’s list lacks some of the sizzle of last year’s, even if several of the guys at the top of it ended up elsewhere.
—Joseph Person, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Sizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizzle. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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