hoopla

Example Sentences

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Before we parted, I asked if, having already won two awards, he still gets caught up in the hoopla of the Tony Awards.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

But the hoopla surrounding the contest to own this Old Hollywood giant ignores the fact that Old Hollywood is past its prime.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It was 45 years ago, back when the event had far less hoopla surrounding it.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Durbin declined the award this week given all the hoopla.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2025

Did Phineas Gage, The Man with a Hole in His Head, fit in with the other human oddities and strange wonders that Barnum promoted here with hype and hoopla?

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman