: orally communicated
also
: generated from or reliant on oral publicity
word-of-mouth customers
a word-of-mouth business
: oral communication
especially
: oral often inadvertent publicity
Examples of word-of-mouth in a Sentence
Adjective
not having the money to run ads, the restaurant relies on word-of-mouth publicity
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Some rely solely on word-of-mouth referrals.
—Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Next steps for Kla News about both Kla and Selah have been spread through word of mouth, with a lot of buzz coming from visitors posting on TikTok, according to Porter.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
And the majority of Tee’s clients comes from word-of-mouth.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Some rely solely on word-of-mouth referrals.
—Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun phrase
Distributors like to see how movies play for Telluride’s cross-section of the national arthouse audience, passing word of mouth from line to line.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Next steps for Kla News about both Kla and Selah have been spread through word of mouth, with a lot of buzz coming from visitors posting on TikTok, according to Porter.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for word-of-mouth
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“Word-of-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-of-mouth. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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