How To Use Fizzle In A Sentence

The two sides remain sharply polarised, and periodic attempts to bridge the wide gulf between them have fizzled out.
But these movements all fizzled out, for two reasons.
I contented myself with merely trying to become a migrant worker, a plan that fizzled because nobody in my family would advance me the cash necessary to go out west and meet my fellow migrants.
After a promising start, the campaign fizzled out in the summer when the full Co-operative Congress refused to back it.
The lights up and down the street fizzled and popped, their sparks the last bit of light on a suddenly darkened street.

But the excitement quickly fizzled out. Times, Sunday Times
A fizzle sounded, and everybody turned their heads.
But his career fizzled out in the UK in the 1990s. The Sun
The relationship finally fizzled out when he met the younger woman who would become his second wife. Times, Sunday Times
Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.
From then - thanks to the stubbornness of the Queen's back line - the match seemed to fizzle out, and by the end the scoreline probably flattered the victors.
Then, the movement kind of fizzled out from embarrassment. Think Progress » CPAC Speakers Bash Obama’s Use Of A Teleprompter — While Standing In Front Of A Teleprompter
We spent less time together and things fizzled out. The Sun
During the final half-hour, it fizzled out as a contest, neither side able to break the deadlock.
It is unstable, it’s even harder to separate physically than the two isotopes of uranium, and if you try to build a bomb using the easy, “gun” design of the uranium bomb, it will begin to fissle prematurely and thus the bomb will fizzle instead of going boom. Firedoglake » Of Last Throes, Enrichment and Mickey Mouse Watches
So with a damp fizzle and a surprised pop, the monitor died on us.
While Christian revenge for perceived Jewish deicide never materialized, I can't say the existential fear truly fizzled. Josh Fleet: The J-Word: Why Jesus Is Taboo In Polite Jewish Conversation
We spent less time together and things fizzled out. The Sun
They fizzle when they should sizzle and have all the zing of carbonated water gone flat.
To get over the embarrassment of the "fizzle," Kim's technicians had to detonate another device to validate their designs and demonstrate the power of their weapon. North Korea Advertises Its Nukes
The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings, leading on to the moor itself.
The current market fizzle is an epiphenomenon this time around. Matthew Yglesias » The Collapse
Can we make a charge for a European place, or will the season fizzle out disappointingly?
Only two more scores were to be had in the remaining 30 minutes, as all life fizzled out beneath a haze of rain and the glaring floodlights.
She claims the affair fizzled out but that she spoke to him on the phone as late as August last year.
And at the same time ended a career that fizzled out like a damp squib. The Sun
His career fizzled out and his pictures were forgotten until recently. Times, Sunday Times
The affair fizzled out within a couple of years.
The move seemed to have fizzled out when the ball was hacked forward into the in-goal area and, on the intervention of the same touch-judge, a penalty try was awarded for interference.
There was a fizzle, and then a pop, and finally a clattering ring.
But the doctors' strike mostly fizzled out. The Sun
People associated with the tourist trade say that the tourist boom has fizzled out and occupancy rate has fallen to eight to ten per cent.
For a second there was only the electric fizzle, the sounds of hospital life going on in the background.
The disc above fizzled with violet light for a moment then collapsed down onto all present, sending a severe backlash of magical power into the priest's mind.
In nuclear parlance, a test is described as a fizzle when it fails to meet the desired yield. Bloggers.Pakistan
Negotiations between them fizzled out when the boxers failed to agree on a suitable weight.
It is now beginning to look as if summer has fizzled out and autumn arrived early, with more wet and breezy weather through to September. Times, Sunday Times
His bid to win the Cup title fizzled when he got off to a slow start in the Chase, but he tied Sam Ard's record with 10 Nationwide wins and had 57 top-10 finishes all year -- 36 in 48 starts in Nationwide and Cup. Life in the Turn Lane
The 33rd edition of the award fizzled out for many reasons.
It is now beginning to look as if summer has fizzled out and autumn arrived early, with more wet and breezy weather through to September. Times, Sunday Times
It soon fizzled out, though the ‘revolt’ in France did lead to some educational reforms.
His harassment fizzled out and things were good. The Sun
She said: 'It all just fizzled out. The Sun
Our friendship kind of fizzled out -- he wrote to me and asked if I could send him money. Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, 1963-2008
The romance fizzled out after a month.
Mercury Rx is a notorious period for electrical equipment and communication devices go * fizzle pop*. 10 Writing Tips for Using Mercury Retrograde Energy « Write Anything
Our season has slowly fizzled out. The Sun
The romance fizzled out after a month.
The voice fizzled and crackled once more, and everything fell silent.
The party fizzled out before midnight.
His harassment fizzled out and things were good. The Sun
We don't want the season to fizzle out but we were taught a lesson today. Times, Sunday Times
The two sides remain sharply polarised, and periodic attempts to bridge the wide gulf between them have fizzled out.
Memories of the frolic era trailed behind for some time; some fizzled out, others are still etched on the mind.
The pov shift was jarring, and the beginning kind of fizzled out without going anywhere – what was all that musing about electronic mony * for*? GAMES OF CHANCE • by Jerry Kraft
It's like a romantic comedy written by Beckett - a romantic tragicomedy - in which romance dies not in some passionate combustion, but fizzles out into uncomfortable, aseptic banality.
We don't want to let the season fizzle out. Times, Sunday Times
The hunger strike fizzled out soon afterwards under pressure from the strikers' relatives. Times, Sunday Times
Sit there and let your career fizzle out? Times, Sunday Times
As we made our way to the car, our feeling of elation quickly fizzled.
The movie made a great start, but the action seemed to fizzle out halfway through.
Ken and Lisi wrote to each other for a few years but eventually their correspondence fizzled out.
With disappointed fans flooding out of the stadium, the game fizzled to a tame conclusion.
So it appears the program has either fizzled, not yet kicked into high gear, or been relatively dropped.
To complete the aural aspects of the game, the sound effects perform their role admirably with the expected clangs of weapons striking armor, roars and grumbles of enemies, and zaps and fizzles of magic.
Our direct interest in proceedings had fizzled out the day before, of course.
She lost her race with the lights though, as the last one, far down the path from where she was, flickered twice and fizzled.
In Madagascar, promising peace talks initiated in Maputo by an international mediation group eventually fizzled and today, protests were violently repressed by the transitional government. Global Voices in English » Françafrique casts shadow in Gabon, Madagascar, and Mauritania
Officers left manning the desk told residents they feared a riot and preferred to let the rave fizzle out.
Unlike tornados, though, they are not attached to any clouds and usually fizzle out fairly quickly. Times, Sunday Times
It was a really fun romance but it just kind of fizzled out. The Sun
The two sides remain sharply polarised, and periodic attempts to bridge the wide gulf between them have fizzled out.
Aren't fizzles -- that is what you called the thatch over her eyebrows; isn't it? On the Firing Line
It bears loving testimony to a passion that refuses to fizzle out.
It has fizzled out largely because shellshocked financiers are not in the mood for fine details and patience.
But it was too soon for the family and things fizzled out. The Sun
Sit there and let your career fizzle out? Times, Sunday Times
When the game fizzled out, so did any hint of animosity.
And at the same time ended a career that fizzled out like a damp squib. The Sun
Seven flights of fancy that fizzled is an article on MSNBC about 7 'technologies' that haven't been realized, yet. November 2003
World Cup fever in Argentina fizzled out into muted silence as England claimed victory in the latest chapter of a fierce soccer rivalry stretching back decades.
Waves fizzled softly on boulders in the cove, and in the distance a white lighthouse stood on an island. Times, Sunday Times
In this time there arose a widespread belief in the Heat Death of the Universe, the idea that the cosmos as a whole would eventually fizzle out just as a bouncing ball gradually dissipates its energy and comes to rest.
But, unenviably, they had also become the first Greek church to fizzle out and stop giving.
The first three matches fizzled out in the rain, increasing everyone 's anxiety. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
During Ellie's report, the radio fizzled loudly, and a desperate male voice sounded.
The lights fizzled, and then a loud snap reached everyone's ears and the light just above Darren's head jerked and fell downward in a wild dance.
Postelection lawsuits filed by local lawyers challenging the butterfly ballot - and calling for a revote - fizzled.
We don't want to let the season fizzle out. Times, Sunday Times
Will this bizarre heist sizzle like a bottle rocket or fizzle like a defective firecracker?
Eventually it fizzled out in most of Europe and the US, but the tradition has been kept alive in the Western Isles, as it has in the rural areas of the Deep South.
Stonehenge seems to have fizzled out, more with a whimper than a bang. BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans
Public protests demanding justice in the Gongadze case have mostly fizzled out, partly thanks to police harassment of demonstrators.
We can't let the season just fizzle away. The Sun
Our season has slowly fizzled out. The Sun
Afterwards I felt like he didn't respect me as it quickly fizzled out. The Sun
Overnight, the idea fizzled, and the Reagan - Bush team went on to victory in the fall over Jimmy Carter and then victory in the Cold War over the Soviets. Dream Ticket Memories
It has just fizzled out. The Sun
The coup attempt soon fizzled out.
A test is described as a fizzle when it fails to meet the desired yield. SiliconIndia.com
There was a fizzle, and then a pop, and finally a clattering ring.
Their romance fizzled out after a few months.
Ultimate Fighting reached further, putting muscular behemoths in brutal contests, and fizzled.
Like World Series Cricket itself, the game fizzled out to a draw.
It is possible that the explosive yield was so low because North Korea made a mistake in their design or construction (a so-called "fizzle" -- though one that would still excavate a hundred-meter crater in a major city), or it is possible that they were intentionally trying to build a low-mass weapon that they could put on top of a missile. Christopher Chyba: Is There a Kind of Multipolar Security Spiral Now Taking Place in Northeast Asia?
May their sizzle never fizzle should be the opening prayer in this mixed genre film that careens wildly from romantic comedy to big bang action movie.
The university employers' body also arrogantly dismissed the action, believing the boycott would fizzle out.
It is happening, but many opportunities show up on the radar at the start of the pipeline and then fizzle out.
This evening we begin what will doubtless fail to become a regular feature, much as similar bright ideas have fizzled before them.
That might not seem like a lofty goal, but after the plans last year fizzled out and the hoped-for inaugural festival was cancelled, it's a realistic one.
The first three matches fizzled out in the rain, increasing everyone 's anxiety. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
The firecracker fizzled but didn't explode.
So, to revise the theme of the day, it's a day of fizzles.
Their romance just fizzled out.
They were together for a few months but the relationship just fizzled out. The Sun
Yes, providing for a family is something we all can identify with, but the rich frat boy, whose ultra-rich and consequentially disconnected from the common masses 'plight poppy's attempt to gain a second term fizzled out because he didn't know how to use a credit card, couldn't! Who is left to kill?
Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.
The bomb fizzled out,and no one was hurt.
The story line was good but it just kind of fizzled out at the end. CSI: Miami – “Point of Impact” – Review
If poisonous defect pericardium, becloud deities is sent weigh disease to fizzle out urgently.
They had a brief romance, which fizzled out when he joined the Royal Navy.
As global supplies of fossil fuels begin to fizzle out, the world's rapacious appetite for energy turns back to nuclear power. Times, Sunday Times
But then things appeared to fizzle out. The Sun
We don't want the season to fizzle out but we were taught a lesson today. Times, Sunday Times
But the excitement quickly fizzled out. Times, Sunday Times
I did it for three nights and then the strike fizzled out and they came back. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.
Put ya mutha fuckin choppers up if ya feel this .. they, tha good old quasi-fizzles government tells you tizzy you drug deala git yo vaccinizzles in crazy ass nigga Think Progress » Reconstruction Woes Continue In Iraq
It was a really fun romance but it just kind of fizzled out. The Sun
When she returned to Britain, the relationship fizzled out.
I did it for three nights and then the strike fizzled out and they came back. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
The anarchist movement fizzled out, so why do they even try?
It's technically very proficient, and revealing about contemporary life in Russia, though it does tend to fizzle out in the final reel.
Gabe Lowy, who as a consumer-products analyst in the 1990s was perhaps the chief prophet of private-label ascendance then and is now a technology analyst with Noble Financial, believes private-label growth fizzled before for several reasons, including a relatively quick economic turnaround and more innovation by manufacturers. Advertising Age - Homepage
But Scotland's hopes of mounting a meaningful revival and posting a challenging target fizzled out when they lost four more quick wickets.
But then things appeared to fizzle out. The Sun
She said: 'It all just fizzled out. The Sun
Ultimate Fighting reached further, putting muscular behemoths in brutal contests, and fizzled.
The furnaces that fed them fizzled out long ago, the coal that stoked the fires lies unexcavated in flooded mines.
We can't let the season just fizzle away. The Sun
Afterwards I felt like he didn't respect me as it quickly fizzled out. The Sun
Although his personal tussle with partner Lyle fizzled out, Jacobson admitted he had been nervous and uncomfortable in the opening holes.
The relationship finally fizzled out when he met the younger woman who would become his second wife. Times, Sunday Times
Our relationship fizzled into nothing.
His career fizzled out and his pictures were forgotten until recently. Times, Sunday Times
The pair had met a few times afterwards but it soon fizzled out. The Sun
And when the denouement finally comes, it's a fizzle. Times, Sunday Times
They needed dynamite but it just dipped and fizzled out. The Sun
It has just fizzled out. The Sun
However, once the rehearsals started, my umph quickly fizzled.
Just a few weeks ago he had been saying the whole affair would fizzle out and Banfield would sink back into anonymity once more.
Following a meeting with threats to withhold council tax payments, the protest fizzled out in the face of an uncompromising council.
The coup attempt soon fizzled out.
Every problem, no matter how fundamental, is bombarded with a raft of half-baked, jargon-infested initiatives that spark for a day in the headlines and then quietly fizzle out.
Stonehenge seems to have fizzled out, more with a whimper than a bang. BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans
But the relationship has fizzled out over the past month as the couple focus on their careers. The Sun
Just that quick the light fizzled and she was back in the hall.
But it was too soon for the family and things fizzled out. The Sun
The current market fizzle is an epiphenomenon this time around. Matthew Yglesias » The Collapse
But the relationship has fizzled out over the past month as the couple focus on their careers. The Sun
Incident: Only susan of 28 years old is having not short smoke however age, her tooth must be fizzled out again by sootiness black.
The rejection by European regulators of the merger of German exchange operator Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext could bring to an end an 18-month world-wide deal boom among stock exchanges that fizzed, and then fizzled. NYSE-Deutsche Börse Joins Dead-Deal List
The hunger strike fizzled out soon afterwards under pressure from the strikers' relatives. Times, Sunday Times
However, those protests lacked co-ordination and, once their leaders were arrested, quickly fizzled out.
Unlike tornados, though, they are not attached to any clouds and usually fizzle out fairly quickly. Times, Sunday Times
They needed dynamite but it just dipped and fizzled out. The Sun
After a promising start, the project soon fizzled out.
But his career fizzled out in the UK in the 1990s. The Sun
I can't wait for that "perfect storm" phrase fizzle out like a fart in the wind. Leftlane - news, reviews, and info for the auto-industry
Does this reform movement just kind of fizzle out? CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2009
This was typified by the way the event just fizzled out when protesters returned to Union Square.
Is one of the most remarkable runs in the history of motorsports going to end with a fizzle rather than a bang?
But, overall, it was vacuous stuff, came to nothing, and fizzled out.
Tempers gradually cooled, but not until after a push by lawmakers to recall the president fizzled out.
Though the country seems to have corrected the mistakes that led to the failure of its October 2006 test (a "fizzle" that exploded at about 1 kiloton, far lower than the intended yield), all available evidence indicates that North Korea is still years away from a deliverable nuclear weapon. Joe Cirincione: North Korea Will Not Be Ignored
As the last of the fireworks fizzled out she felt her chance slipping away.
We spent less time together and things fizzled out. The Sun
I only hope the whole thing goes the way of the Asian Bird Flu and fizzles out from a media-fuelled panic attack into a non-event very quickly. Swine flu at Ground Zero (Mexico City): life in a masked city
The action fizzles out rather unceremoniously at the halfway mark.
Once they were well into the plains, even that fizzled out and the Defenders were forced to partake of the same slops as their prisoners. MEDALON
As global supplies of fossil fuels begin to fizzle out, the world's rapacious appetite for energy turns back to nuclear power. Times, Sunday Times
They were together for a few months but the relationship just fizzled out. The Sun
The game gradually fizzled as Killie sat on their lead and Livingtson were unable to pierce the defence, led peerlessly once more by Freddie Dindeleux.
Spectators who witnessed the fracas summoned police who arrived within minutes to find the incident had fizzled out.
As global supplies of fossil fuels begin to fizzle out, the world's rapacious appetite for energy turns back to nuclear power. Times, Sunday Times
A golfing boom in one of Europe's richest countries has fizzled out, with half the newly-built Swiss golf clubs crying out for members.
About two weeks ago, we had a 400-point rally and that kind of fizzled out and went away. CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2008
An official from the meteorological office said forecasts indicated the cyclone could fizzle out before reaching Mozambique.
I hope this fizzles out for DJ Get-A-Grown-Up-Name, because this dipshit is ruining it. Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film
Yet while in other French cities the violence continues, in Marseille the animus soon fizzled out.
But the doctors' strike mostly fizzled out. The Sun

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