How to Use hoopla in a Sentence

hoopla

noun

• Many people have grown tired of all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the new theater.
• Raven said she'll be relieved when all the hoopla is over.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 11 May 2017
• Just as the hoopla from one major dies down, the hype for the next one commences.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• That stood in contrast to the hoopla which greeted the filming of the movie in Hong Kong in 2007.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
• With the new 737s, Southwest added routes to Hawaii, to much hoopla and delight.
  — Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2019
• That's what this is about for Kaprizov, not the hoopla or the likes and the superlatives.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
• Holloway will have little time to be swept up in the hoopla.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
• All of the hoopla, the hype, the expectations that were placed on him at such a young age.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• The real world has a sneaky way of intruding on the hoopla.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2017
• There was concern if all of this hoopla could be pulled off.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2020
• There's been a lot of hoopla that's come out, a lot of distractions, a lot of noise.
  — Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2021
• With mead, and wishes of blessings from Norse gods, and lots of hoopla, of course.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• For one thing, much of the hoopla was held at Ladd Stadium.
  — al, 21 May 2021
• And they weren’t fazed by all the hoopla surrounding this week’s event.
  — Zahra Ahmad, Science | AAAS, 20 July 2017
• But when all the hoopla is done, there always remains a game to be played.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
• Owner Bernie Coulombe has a one-word response for all the hoopla.
  — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• Despite the early hoopla, by the time the John Ross was completed in 2007, the world had changed.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 29 June 2017
• Except there is no hoopla, at least not in the Spurs’ locker room.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2022
• As the hoopla has revved up around the event, some traders are betting that mining stocks will fall.
  — David Pan, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
• Thanks to all the Opening Day hoopla, first pitch was nine minutes late, at 1:44 p.m..
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2018
• There’s no hoopla to speak of, just a small sign and a shack that serves as the visitor’s center.
  — Will McGough, CNN, 5 July 2021
• Others are more critical of the demo and the hoopla around it.
  — Wired, 16 Oct. 2019
• In the spring of 1989, a new board game was released amid modest media hoopla.
  — Wayne Curtis, WSJ, 9 June 2017
• What's lacking this year, at least to one observer, is the staged hoopla of it all.
  — Chris Korman, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
• The theater and concert hall recede, along with crowds and hoopla.
  — Robert Boucheron, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2021
• Type in opera on the hoopla site, and watch as dozens of pages appear featuring videos and CDs.
  — Chris Smith | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• The challenge will be to keep the momentum rolling when the hoopla around the announcements fades.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 8 July 2018
• So there wasn’t a lot of hoopla, not a lot of celebrating.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
• In recent years, the event has shifted to cut out most of the other speeches and hoopla to focus in on the music, even going hostless last year.
  — Rosie Long Decter, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Evening events, including the major speeches and hoopla that is likely to be televised, will be at the United Center.
  — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024