How to Use hype in a Sentence

hype

1 of 2 noun
  • His view cuts through the hype.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Jensen has proved worth the hype.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The bread lived up to the hype.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Can these cans live up to the hype?
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
  • You don’t get caught up in hype waves.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Wasn’t even close in terms of the hype.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the game still lived up to the hype.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • There was next to no hype around the boy.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • And the game lived up to all the hype.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ready to see what all of the hype is about?
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There was a lot of hype about it back then.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Keep scrolling to see what all the hype is about.
    — Lindsey Greenfeld, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And a few, frankly, did not live up to the hype.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
  • And for a half, the matchup lived up to the hype.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Want to try a new genre and see what all the hype is about?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Both are living up to the hype.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Be a great hype woman on the bench.
    — John Davis, Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • Listen to a hype playlist at the gym?
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And so was the hype around its opening.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There may be some truth behind the hype.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • The hype might be fading … for now.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In her view, the hype is long overdue.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Do any of these revamps live up to the hype?
    — Jake Emen, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t believe the hype around the duo?
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
  • There might be less hype—and less stigma.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Will hype be as high with just one Spidey on-screen?
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
  • See the hype in the video at the top of this story.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • The monarch was a fan long before all the hype, though.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Peach nails have been all the hype—and for good reasons.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 31 May 2026
  • Much of the pregame hype was about Austria.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026

hype

2 of 2 verb
  • Everybody kind of got re-hyped for the game.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Fans were right to be hyped about the collection.
    — Allure Editors, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Engage in it, like it, comment on it, hype it up.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Big tech is hyping products that don't work very well.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • How can any product that works so poorly be hyped so much?
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Fans were quick to hype up the star in the comment section.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Glenn doesn’t need to get hyped before a skate, but to harness.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Anything that’s over-hyped or under-hyped?
    — Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • And both of them are hyped up on hormones and full of idealism.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
  • My friends can definitely calm me and hype me up at the same time.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 4 May 2022
  • The track is built to hype people up and plunge them into the music.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Their roles are to hype up their juicers, making sure the vibe is right for business to thrive.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Deuce can be seen hyping up the team and giving players high-fives.
    — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The point guard hyped up the crowd before going back into the bus.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Watch this teacher hype up her students in a creative way.
    — Allison Moses, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Shay’s followers loved the post and hyped her up in the comments!
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Rendon’s return this year has been hyped, and for good reason.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Mamdani joined the revelry and hyped up the crowds.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
  • So many times people are trying to hype movies, and that’s the worst thing ever.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Kimmel was so hyped to discuss game seven.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Jamie Lee Curtis knows how to hype women up.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Bobbing heads, jumping and waving glow sticks, the crowd didn’t get hyped up, per se.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2024
  • We were all really hyped about that at the beginning of the year.
    — Paul Shepherd, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Fans were not shy about hyping up Miller and her ensemble.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
  • But the high ball screens and pick-and-pops the Warriors have been hyping up for months?
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Herzog weighs every scene equally, not using one to hype up the next.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Sieler had the team gathered around him in a pregame huddle to get teammates hyped up.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Hadid, a mother herself, was all about hyping the mom of four.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Both days were hyped as very high risk for tornado production.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
  • Many chatbots do tend to hype users up rather than giving tough love or challenging their ideas.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026

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