fizzle out
Example Sentences
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The final act avoids sports-movie clichés, which is another way of saying that things simply fizzle out unsatisfyingly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
Very few go on to successful big league careers, most just pop back and forth between the minors and majors, move from team to team, while many just fizzle out.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025
If enough of them view the prime minister's resignation as a significant development, then the recent run of demonstrations may fizzle out in a similar fashion to a number of previous anti-government movements.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
But when those cases reach the Supreme Court, they sometimes fizzle out.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024
But around here, we’d all sense we were near territory we didn’t want to enter, and the arguments would fizzle out.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
