sizzle

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

If you want your noirs to really sizzle, you won’t be disappointed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

“This is the sizzle in the restaurant world,” said Stephen Zagor, a veteran restaurant-industry consultant who teaches at Columbia Business School.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

I could hear the sizzle of meat frying on the stove and the open-and-close of the oven as she checked the biscuits or corn bread or pie or whatever she was baking for supper.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe