ballyhoo
noun
a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
had ballyhooed
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past perfectof ballyhoo.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Critics of lockdowns had ballyhooed the article, which was published by Scientific Reports.
From Science Magazine β Mar. 23, 2022
Miss Berg, so nervous that she could not even see the hole when she prepared to putt, lost in the singles, sorely disappointed spectators and newshawks who had ballyhooed her as a links prodigy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: the companies, which had ballyhooed across-the-drug-counter sales of anti-his-taminics into a potential $100-million-a-year business, had signed agreements to mend their advertising ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
