How to Use word-of-mouth in a Sentence

word-of-mouth

1 of 2 adjective

• 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
• The 30-second rule appears to be a word-of-mouth instruction from the viral videos.
  — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Aspiring cast members were likely to land an audition through word-of-mouth.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
• There was precious little chatter about the film other than main performance, even with positive word-of-mouth on the fest circuit.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
• Traditionally reliant on word-of-mouth, the agency is stepping out of its comfort zone with the magazine project, which will shine a light on its methods and thinking.
  — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025

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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 best way to find a makeup artist is often word of mouth.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
• 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.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
• Most people find out about it through word of mouth or on Facebook.
  — The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 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
• The question is whether the marketing spend is enough to keep the word of mouth going and bring in more bodies.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The GoFundMe page wasn’t raising enough money, and word of mouth wasn’t moving fast enough.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
• The first one had enough word of mouth to triple its first weekend and gross $45 million; the $40 million sequel has a chance to repeat that.
  — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Pelon's Food Truck has gained its following solely through word of mouth, Guthrie said.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
• 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
• However, based on Yelp reviews and word of mouth, lunch is the best time to go because of the restaurant’s lunch specials.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025