fizzle

Example Sentences

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Steve Mott, an independent payments consultant said, "Fizzle was the watchword until they got the Chevron deal."

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2015

He also has appeared in his own shows, including the reality series "Father Hood," which stars his wife and children, and the comedy show "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle"—a play on his trademark construction "izzle."

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2010

Established in 1877, the outpost became known as "Fort Fizzle" because Indians fleeing from Idaho to Canada merely detoured around the fortification.

From Time Magazine Archive

One week before the impact, Nature ran an article, "The Big Fizzle Is Coming," predicting that the impact would constitute nothing more than a meteor shower.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Though but one of the Fenian leaders was killed in the late Frontier Fizzle, yet many of them are reported as being badly wounded—as to their feelings.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 by Various