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 Empey, Arthur Guy

I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen.

From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.

He simply drew the bedclothes around himself and let the rocket sizz.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

With one grand sizz the three rockets went up into the air simultaneously.

From Young Hunters of the Lake by Bonehill, Ralph

An �olian harp made of rubber bands on a bicycle, aroused by the wind as the machine moves swiftly, gives the same soft rasp—a prolonged "sizz."

From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.