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
• 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
• 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
• Baby Reindeer, which won the bulk of the limited-series categories, is a bona fide word-of-mouth hit, a rarity in today’s television landscape.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 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
• 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
• In the nineties, when the internet really began to take off, feuds that used to spread through word of mouth took on a new life online.
  — Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 6 July 2023
• Reviews and audience scores have been positive, which could help with word of mouth.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
• The deal marks one of the key sales rights pick-ups on one of the films which is building strong word of mouth and anticipation before its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival, thanks to press and private screenings.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024