sizz
Example Sentences
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The fuse begins to "sizz" and sputter and a spiral of smoke, like that from a smouldering fag, rises from it.
From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey
"O fons Bandusiæ, splendidior vitro——" Worthy of flowers and syrups sweet, O fountain of Bandusian onyx, To-morrow shall a goatling's bleat Mix with the sizz of thy carbonics.
From Something Else Again by Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
With one grand sizz the three rockets went up into the air simultaneously.
From Young Hunters of the Lake by Ralph Bonehill
"That's a lie, first sizz out of the syphon," broke in another voice.
From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy
When she ran out of the room, socks were pressed surreptitiously against the pipe with a "sizz," and when she returned, innocent looking people were standing against the wall, no socks to be seen.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
