I tried ever' way to git him out-even took up a coal o' fire an' poked it under at him; but he thess laughed at that an' helt his apple agin' it an' made it sizz.
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
The package that I carried was a tart That beat Vesuvius out for sizz and spunk, And when they put me in my little bunk You couldn't tell my jag and me apart.
"The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum"
Wallace Irwin
The fire crackled and danced, and something sizz-z-zled!
"The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan"
Beatrix Potter