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How to use fizz in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Fizz means an emission of a rapid stream of bubbles. Example: “I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.”

Examples of fizz by meaning

nounAn emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

  • I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.

nounThe sound of such an emission.

  • Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.

nounA carbonated beverage, especially champagne.

  • Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.
  • When he had returned with what remained unslopped of two glasses of fizz, she was still there, waiting for him.2020, Alan Jones, Surrogate

verbTo make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.

  • the fizzing fuse of a bomb

verbTo shoot or project something at great velocity.

  • And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC

More sentences with fizz

  • All the fizz has already gone out of the election campaign.From the entry go out
  • Jane Molloy, glass of fizzing champagne in repetitively-stressed hand, stood and looked at her old friends.2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry in touch
  • I go the 2.1 standard drinks per can as there is more buzz less fizz.2008 April 29, Typhoid, “New tax on alcopops”, in aus.tv (Usenet). From the entry premix
  • It hangs in little beardlets from under each pap and fizzes out from under his arms.2007, Anne Enright, chapter 10, in The Gathering, London: Vintage, page 58. From the entry beardlet
  • As always, there was a fizzing, popping blaze of pine and sappy apple logs in the fireplace.1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 8, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 61. From the entry sappy
  • The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 9, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 243. From the entry thrillingly
  • It floated above us like a fizzing star at the end of a tiny white petal of a parachute.2009, James Fleming, chapter 55, in Cold Blood, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN; republished London: Vintage Books, 2010, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry flare
  • Can I get you one?” “Ramos gin fizz.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 416. From the entry Ramos gin fizz
  • Something with a bit of fizz in its blood!2004, Terry Pratchett, Going Postal (Discworld; 33), London: Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-60342-3; republished London: Corgi Books, 2014…. From the entry feague
  • This time there was an English element as Ainsley Maitland-Niles let fly with cross-shot that fizzed to Nicolas Tagliafico at the far post.2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport. From the entry let fly
  • They pick up while on a run of Tommy songs; by Amazing Journey they sound much more like the fizzing fathers of freak-beat.2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian. From the entry draggy
  • Instead I found substitutes, but no one could duplicate the intensity of Filibert, his schiziness, his high-energy quotient, his need, his boulevardier fizz.2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 26. From the entry schiziness
  • Face foamed up, I flicked on the shaver before lowering it to my face, and allowed the blades to fizz and chug against my skin.2010 October 4, Oliver Pickup, “A Cut Above”, in The Daily Mail. From the entry foam up
  • Giggling children hid in the ditches and shot bottle rockets in front and behind them as they walked past; the sparks shot through the air like manic, fizzing fireflies.2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 158. From the entry bottle rocket

Meaning of fizz

  1. noun An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
  2. noun The sound of such an emission.
  3. noun A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.

Full definition of fizz

Questions about fizz in a sentence

How do you use fizz in a sentence?
Fizz is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.”
What is a short sentence with fizz?
“the fizzing fuse of a bomb”
What does fizz mean?
Fizz means an emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

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