How to Use word-of-mouth in a Sentence

word-of-mouth

1 of 2 adjective
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  • And much of its word-of-mouth buzz can be traced back to the people who made it.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But then the film, through word-of-mouth, was connecting with people.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • However, tepid word-of-mouth will knock it off the must-see list of many movie goers.
    — David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
  • There’s a word-of-mouth element to the scene: When fans hear the genuine article, the news travels.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
  • If Indy 5 proves to be a critical hit, that will provide the runway for word-of-mouth buzz to grow.
    — Vulture, 29 June 2023
  • Dale Houston said the best advertisement has been word-of-mouth.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
  • The firm has a sterling reputation thanks to word-of-mouth among their law-abiding clients.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 2 May 2024
  • Many of them knew each other from work or school before moving to the estates, which relied on word-of-mouth for sales.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Back in those pre-internet days, Cline’s ubiquity was word-of-mouth, but deeply felt.
    — Holly Gleason, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The fact is, reputation travels, and so does word-of-mouth among managers.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Next, there was word-of-mouth that brought more attention to the program returning from a 28-year hiatus.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2023
  • It was founded as a volunteer choir in 2010 through a series of word-of-mouth meetings in homes and garages by Jonathan Cole and Joshua Vickery.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • The Raincoats were an underground word-of-mouth legend, yet their mystique just grew.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The studio also has launched a massive word-of-mouth screening program with 400 across the United States and Canada.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 June 2023
  • But word-of-mouth buzz can boost a movie significantly.
    — Time, 25 July 2023
  • The movie has also garnered solid word-of-mouth on social media.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Beyond the website, the filmmakers used posters, teaser trailers and word-of-mouth buzz to create a sense of mystery.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • This has led to strong word-of-mouth, what appears to be a strong opening weekend for a brand new movie IP, and hopefully some box office legs to match.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But word-of-mouth and social media buzz soon brought a tide of government officials, CEOs and fellow chefs to the table.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Tesla has long prided itself on word-of-mouth among its fan base to market its vehicles.
    — Dana Hull, Fortune, 16 May 2023
  • That’s an impressive run, making clear that word-of-mouth was not hampered by any revelation that there were lots of songs.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Over the next century, the presence of enslaved people there was remembered largely through word-of-mouth.
    — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The group’s word-of-mouth appeal rarely translated to sustained and consistent ticket sales.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
  • That could be partly due to energetic word-of-mouth stoked by social media.
    — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 30 July 2023
  • With great reviews and positive word-of-mouth, the movie is hoping to benefit from kids who are out of school for summer vacation.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • That’s true of a big-screen biopic now and the family’s initial realization the Dreamin’ Wild album was becoming a word-of-mouth favorite in the early 2010s.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Kim’s Video mind-set expressed itself more diffusely, as a web of word-of-mouth recommendations.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Her brand grew exponentially by word-of-mouth marketing through the garments sold and connections made at the event.
    — Essence, 14 June 2024
  • Events will bring people from around the world to San Diego, which will result in direct spending in the local economy and also word-of-mouth promotion of the region.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
  • With $724 million in global ticket sales so far and impressive word-of-mouth, a $1-billion total seems all but assured.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
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word of mouth

2 of 2 noun phrase
  • Over the decades, word of mouth brought more and more gay people to the area.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2023
  • That can be through phone records or texts or word of mouth from the others.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The event crowds doubled in a year as word of mouth spread about the first show’s success.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2024
  • The Idea of You seems to have been buoyed by great word of mouth, out of South by Southwest of all places.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
  • All had learned about the Pisidia Heritage Trail through word of mouth.
    — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
  • But that series took a little while to spool up through word of mouth.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The chain is also hoping to get some buzz the old-fashioned way, through word of mouth.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • Through word of mouth, she's heard Norman might be in Phoenix — more than 100 miles away from home.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
  • Each of the 2023 productions ran for one weekend, too short a time for word of mouth to spread.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The film expanded even further to a peak of over 1,900 screens the week after and kept word of mouth strong.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Most people find out about it through word of mouth or on Facebook.
    — The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Most people find out about it through word of mouth or on Facebook.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • The book sold steadily, through word of mouth, and got a good review in a newspaper.
    — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • But even that movie opened big with $106 million and then failed to leg out, proving word of mouth just wasn’t there.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Much of the traffic came through social, which is to say, digital word of mouth.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Word spread and in a few short days, the community has turned it around for Ahmed through Facebook and word of mouth.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the best travel finds come through word of mouth, so why wouldn’t that be the case with your clothing essentials?
    — Sanah Faroke, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2024
  • Thanks in large part to home video and word of mouth, the nearly three-hour movie about three cousins from East L.A. became a cult classic.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Ghost Democracy has grown largely due to word of mouth.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2023
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has earned much better reviews and the word of mouth so far has been extremely strong.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Fengshen opened Thursday with $7.5 million and strong word of mouth.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
  • Those shows drew their audiences by little more than word of mouth.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Some rumors are spread through word of mouth or social media.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 24 June 2024
  • Only two came from the group’s recruitment events, with the rest mostly via word of mouth, Jamison said.
    — Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Only two came from the group’s recruitment events, with the rest mostly via word of mouth, Ms. Jamison said.
    — Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Zhang said the company has a couple dozen prospective customers who heard of him through word of mouth.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Given the strong word of mouth, the strategy is to keep showing the film leading up to the Aug. 24 release in Brazil and Portugal.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Last year's nomination as Best New Restaurant and word of mouth made that true.
    — The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The title will play through All Saints holidays, which start next week, and word of mouth is expected to propel it to a strong run.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
  • That’s a big indicator of audience sentiment and word of mouth going forward, and anything less than a B+ will be bad news.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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