Fizzle

In a drizzle, a fire will fizzle.

Her projects always start out great, then fizzle out.

Patchy outbreaks of rain will soon fizzle out in the west, leaving the rest of the day bright and sunny.

The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.

It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling.

The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.

And so it fizzled to its close with Gary Cahill galloping around as an extra centre-forward, mutinous chants of “you’re not fit to wear the shirt,” from the England followers and Hodgson’s media staff announcing he would not take any questions.

The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for.