sizz

Example Sentences

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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.

"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 Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

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

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 Gordon, Cora

Sw�et, ja sw�et, is't oer 'e m�ete, 'T bo�skiere f�ar � jonge lie, Kreftich sw�et is't, sizz ik jiette, As it giet mei alders r�e.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)