ballyhoo

Example Sentences

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“The noble art of ballyhoo, which had flourished so successfully in the nineteen-twenties, had lost something of its vigor,” he mourns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

But could all this ballyhoo sap interest in his work?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

After so much preseason ballyhoo around the teaming of James, Davis and Westbrook, the trio managed to play in only 21 games together — and went 11-10.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2022

“That was one of the places that my father used to stand outside in his outfit to ballyhoo all these movies,” she recalled.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

"It's this crowd and the dust—my lungs—got to come west—" I grabbed him by the coat sleeve, trying to make my voice carry above the ballyhoo.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.