How to Use advertorial in a Sentence

advertorial

noun
  • The drag queen Sasha Velour shows off her avant garde cabaret in Nightgowns, but gauzy editing gives it—like so many Quibis—a distinct air of advertorial.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
  • For the advertorial, Selena keeps things sporty, and was photographed wearing the shoes with a black Puma sweatsuit.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Nonsocial native—such as advertorials, in-feed units in news apps and rewarded video in gaming apps—is making up a greater share of native ad spend.
    Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • But 81 percent of the advertorials, messages that reached millions of people, expressed doubt.
    Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The Chinese-language forum Chi Huo has captured the attention of expats with its mix of reader content and advertorial.
    Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • One advertorial for an erectile dysfunction supplement features the image of a human hand holding what looks like a phallus emerging from a shell.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 May 2017
  • Mega-influencers, whose followers start in the low millions, can command tens of thousands for a single advertorial image.
    Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Indeed, the Harvard study found that some of the advertorials — 12 percent — acknowledged the human contribution to global warming.
    Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017
  • But many people on social media called out a number of the advertorials that seemingly used an activist aesthetic to pander to a more socially aware audience.
    Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Tellingly, this is an instructional video rather than an advertorial.
    Jon Kelvey, Slate Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
  • They advertorials appeared in other newspapers as well, and Mr. Schmertz made scores of television appearances.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Colin's decision marked a nationwide show of support, with others also choosing not to stand during the anthem; some criticized the decision, and later pledged not to support Nike after the company chose Colin for its advertorial.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2019
  • Although few public-relations specialists today would take as abrasive a tack as Mr. Schmertz sometimes did, the modern media landscape is full of advertiser-influenced or controlled content that calls to mind his early forays into advertorials.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Others, which mine inconsequential information about obscure start-ups, stink strongly of advertorials.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Journals including Science and Nature run advertorials that feature academic and company labs and even individual researchers.
    Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018

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