ballyhoo
Example Sentences
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For all the ballyhoo about having the most skiable acreage in the U.S.,
From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024
Los Angeles’ city fathers, so adept at ballyhoo, just hated it that the highfalutin’ town up the Arroyo Seco had thought up their big flowery promotional parade first.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022
Barely a decade ago, the New York men’s wear presentations merited their own dedicated week with all the attendant ballyhoo, parties, corporate sponsorships and street-style photographers trawling for Instagram fodder.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2022
No. 3 Georgia, a bout that stoked ballyhoo, thudded to a dud suspense-wise Friday night.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2022
She was a hemp-rigged old ballyhoo out o' Quebec, an' gear was chafin' through all the time.
From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan