How to Use word-of-mouth in a Sentence

word-of-mouth

1 of 2 adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Stanley Cup craze was not an industry plant but a completely organic word-of-mouth trend that relied on a few simple facts.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2024
• Thanks to positive word-of-mouth, estimates were revised up by Sunday.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 May 2023
• For online word-of-mouth recs, Chastain suggests reading reviews via ZocDoc or Google.
  — Sarah Stark, SELF, 20 July 2023
• Research on its effects is lacking, but there’s something to be said for its word-of-mouth credibility.
  — Renee Cherry, Women's Health, 26 July 2023
• In this era of information overload, the power of word-of-mouth and unified messaging cannot be overstated.
  — Dara A. Busch, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Since its lackluster beginning, though, the movie has become that rarest of phenomena—an old-fashioned word-of-mouth hit.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
• What followed was, essentially, radio silence apart from word-of-mouth updates from friends like Nick Cannon and Kevin Hart.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
• This word-of-mouth reputation is crucial in an industry where trust is paramount.
  — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• The book became a word-of-mouth sensation when it was published in 2019, with fan art and favorite quotes proliferating across the internet.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
• After a quiet holiday debut, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s two-hander has proven to have some stellar word-of-mouth.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 13 Jan. 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Opening Happenstance — the coronavirus, word of mouth, the handsomeness of Mr. Carlsen — played a part.
  — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• The shop manager, who declined to give his name, told us that 90% of the clientele are Hispanic and many are tourists that come based on word of mouth.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• So many take their chances on untrained caregivers found through word of mouth, Craigslist or other resources.
  — Reed Abelson Desiree Rios, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• Figures that have been reported mostly come from word of mouth.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
• Not to mention word of mouth from longtime Cuban residents.
  — Miriam Jordan David Cabrera, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• The rest of her clients have found her through other social media apps, internet searches and word of mouth.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
• Crowds started to form through word of mouth, no social media to highlight the neighborhood games.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• The concept took off and carried the band to success somewhat on word of mouth, with the hope of turning a majority of the small crowds into fans.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
• There is certainly a potential for upside if word of mouth is strong.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024