ballyhoo
noun
a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
were ballyhooing
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past progressiveof ballyhoo.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Between plugs for coffee and candy bars, radio stations were ballyhooing, with every attention-getter in the book, the American Cancer Society's April drive for $16,000,000.
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