sizzle

A heat advisory for much of Southern California aside from the coast expired at 8 p.m. on Sunday, but temperatures on Monday will still sizzle in some areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But you can still watch a sizzle reel of Argentina defeating Egypt and follow Switzerland vs.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Don’t be afraid of any crackling; cumin seeds should sizzle when fried.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Clicking boxes and exploring drop-down menus, against a ticking clock, provides as much sizzle as the stunts in an action movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

There’s an engine sound, then the sizzle of tires on the wet road.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by his frequent collaborator Samson Raphaelson, this Paramount picture, running a pert 82 minutes, positively shimmers with wit and sizzles with innuendo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"The leads are captivating and their chemistry sizzles," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

It’s a movie where music sizzles and wails out of every pore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

Flavorful street food sizzles on every corner, rickshaws and scooters blare their horns in symphonic competition, and cats and dogs thread between your legs as pedestrians shuffle shoulder to shoulder.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

It sizzles again, then turns the sprouts brown.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The anchovy sizzled itself into the oil coating those browned alliums.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Steam rises from snack stands selling noodles and sizzled octopus on sticks on the Chinese side.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

Carne asada, with impeccably seasoned lion’s mane mushrooms standing in for steak, sizzled on the grill as plumes of smoke filled the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

People cheered, burst into applause each time flares sizzled and exploded into bouquets of fire.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

I did the same: three dishes for lunch on my own, a whole fried fish in a sweet-tart sauce, braised pork in a clay pot, and tofu in a sizzling skillet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The smell hits first, garlic and char on skewered meat, chiles brushed over buns, oyster sauce mingling with the syrupy edge of black vinegar on sizzling noodles.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Smoky, charcoal-grilled meats and fragrant wok-cooked tomato curries sizzling over an open flame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

For many, the smell of charcoal and sizzling meat is the scent of summer.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The shrieks of her laughter rippling through the kitchen with its wooden table and cast-iron pots, and her father standing at the stove grinning, a spatula raised above a sizzling pan.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee