sizzle

Example Sentences

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I’ll even be content with something that has the sizzle of last year’s “Sirāt,” which you and I both dug.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

‘This is the sizzle in the restaurant world.’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Let them sizzle lightly in the fat before the crumbs go in; that’s how the spices bloom.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Still, in the wake of adaptations such as 2012’s “Anna Karenina,” with Keira Knightley, and 2013’s “The Great Gatsby,” with Leonardo DiCaprio, that were all sizzle and flash, “Wuthering Heights” is a worthy throwback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

After a moment of silence, I heard die sizzle of the water as Timothy doused the torch.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor