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

“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

Separately, the Resnicks are fighting their own false advertising battle involving a ruling two years ago by the Federal Trade Commission, which said the couple had hyped the health benefits of pomegranate juice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014

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