How to Use publicity stunt in a Sentence

publicity stunt

noun
Definition of publicity stuntnext
  • But as of right now, this is just the best-case scenario, but this is not a publicity stunt.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • At one point during all of this, Anger took out an ad in the Village Voice proclaiming his own death, as a publicity stunt.
    — Vulture, 27 May 2023
  • The publicity stunt was among a long line of disruptive acts by Just Stop Oil to draw attention to the climate crisis.
    — Brian Melley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024
  • Officially known as Richard Booth, the man clearly knew the power of a good publicity stunt.
    — Abbie Kozolchyk, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean laser-tattooing fruit is only a publicity stunt.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 31 May 2024
  • Her appearances at his games have spiked TV ratings and led to some claims of a publicity stunt due to just how public the romance is — but Swift affirmed to Time that that couldn’t be further from the truth.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, one of the most positive recent changes to the bridge was a publicity stunt from a porta-potty company.
    — Curbed, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Skeptics wonder why such an elusive creature would pop a squat by a train route frequented by hundreds of tourists if not for a prank or a publicity stunt.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The coach has heard the inevitable tongue-clucking from other coaches that signing Enmanuel was merely a publicity stunt.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • In a statement, Fox Corp. criticized the judge’s decision, casting it as a publicity stunt.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Amid the confusion, some people have a theory that this is all a cryptocurrency publicity stunt.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In 1959, a newlywed couple spent their two-week honeymoon sealed in a Miami fallout shelter as a publicity stunt.
    — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 May 2024
  • Beaujolais nouveaux are an annual gimmick, something of a publicity stunt, easy come, easy go.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In a publicity stunt, Wagner’s leader Prigozhin even recorded himself on combat mission in the navigator’s seat of an Su-24.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
  • As with the 1951 Explorers Club dinner, the mammoth meatball is a publicity stunt meant to draw attention to the potential of cultured meat to replace animal agriculture.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023
  • What started as a one-off publicity stunt turned into a beloved cultural institution.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Rolling Stone reported that the Instagram statement on her profile appeared to coincide with its launch, which caused some online to suspect he could be involved in a publicity stunt relating to the announcement of her death.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Some people suspect your parent’s separation is a publicity stunt or find the timing a little too convenient.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Others are peddling theories that the weekend comments are a publicity stunt to promote her upcoming album.
    — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 27 July 2023
  • Many in the fusion-energy community dismissed it as a publicity stunt, or at best an overoptimistic reach for a company that has yet to demonstrate a net energy gain from its reactions.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Republicans called it a publicity stunt and criticized Newsom for not going far enough on enforcement.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
  • But the announcement met with skepticism from customers and industry observers, who regarded it as a publicity stunt ahead of an earnings call, rather than a sign that deliveries were imminent.
    — Simon Willis, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • Democrats blasted the idea widely as a publicity stunt, but conservative Republicans had a strongly different view.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023
  • But others derided the plan as a detail-thin publicity stunt and criticized the governor for vetoing a bill in 2022 that would have allowed supervised injection site programs in California’s major cities.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Studios generally held their noses at aggressive campaigning, but Weinstein, unable to compete with their budgets, wasn’t above a shameless publicity stunt.
    — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Under the ever expanding media panopticon, celebrities like Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe refined the art of the publicity stunt throughout the 1960s to produce a mythology surrounding themselves that ascended beyond tabloid fodder.
    — Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Leaning into any theory that would justify allegedly blocking abuse victims as part of an elaborate publicity stunt requires a conscious and deeply unserious level of delusion.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2023
  • Creating ‘mammoth meat’ A wonderfully wacky publicity stunt, the meatballs aren’t intended for human consumption.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Governor Cooper’s publicity stunt was inappropriate for a state executive for several reasons.
    — Donald Bryson, National Review, 26 May 2023

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