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Definition of Fizzled
1. fizzle [v] - See also: fizzle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fizzled
Literary usage of Fizzled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"The factious and revolutionary action of the fifteen has interrupted the regular
business of the Senate, disgraced the actors, and fizzled out. ..."
2. Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator: A Biographical Sketch by Charles Wallace French (1891)
"And it sputtered and fizzled until it went out, and there was nothing ... But he
did make the biggest fizzle that has been made in this war, and fizzled ..."
3. The Life of Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross by William Eleazar Barton (1922)
"Conjecture was rife; all sorts of rumors were afloat; but the one general idea
seemed to prevail that the expedition "had fizzled," if any one knows the ..."
4. Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His Mishaps by Noah Brooks (1901)
"It fizzled gently, and went out. A deep sigh of regret went up from the nine boys
who ... It fizzled gently also, and a tiny yellow flame shot up from it, ..."
5. The Vassar Miscellany by Vassar College (1882)
"If the greater part of the class "fizzled " he always " fizzled " too; if they "
flunked " he "flunked ;" if all went off smoothly with the rest, ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"I had purchased a little camera in Ehren- burg, and I fizzled a lot of my films
owing to the strong light and the fact that I had to stand on one of my ..."
7. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"He did it, and he got the answer, and that's all about it." Nobody took any
notice, so she just fizzled herself out in mutters. ..."
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