hype
verb (used with object)
to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed byup ).
had hyped
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past perfectof hype.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That finding, in a 121-page report, got ignored by outlets that had hyped the investigation in the first place.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
“They had the government endorsement and the news had hyped it up, and there were many salespeople to sell it,” Ms. Chen said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2021
“We were really carrying women’s boxing with us. We had hyped this up like it was going to be a back-and-forth nonstop action fight,” Hardy says.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2018
His speculation—which he published on Twitter after several conservative commentators had hyped it in advance, and whose particulars I will spare you—was as far-fetched and wild-eyed as True Detective and just as hollow.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2018
She should have expected as much when Anat had hyped up this party as one that was in fact her people.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
