How to Use publicity in a Sentence

publicity

noun
  • The studio spent a lot of money on publicity for the movie.
  • The film has gotten some good publicity.
  • She has received a lot of publicity for her latest novel.
  • His public appearances are good publicity for the new movie.
  • An arrest for drunk driving is bad publicity for any celebrity.
  • But that said, that kind of goes to the no such thing as bad publicity.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
  • There is a publicity poster for one of the two films that have been made about him.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That publicity gave me a little pat on the back to make it to a year.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But the publicity, thus far, has been free.
    — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe not, but the real threat is the bad publicity.
    — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Cared about the art of publicity.
    — Brooke Blumberg, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But Tom’s publicity coup comes at a cost.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • In terms of poster boys, brands couldn’t ask for better publicity.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2022
  • This burst of publicity was all wrong for her—she was cast as a victim, which was so off brand.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • North was a flapper with a gift for publicity and a nose for action.
    — Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Was this just a publicity stunt from an influencer, or was there more to it?
    — Iris Ten Teije, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • And with the publicity came a bevy of outsider opinions on the group’s work.
    — Liam Archacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
  • Sanger said the attempt at the new charges amounted to a publicity stunt.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The bad publicity took attention away from the play on the ice.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The shills found that even bad publicity could be good for Skycoin.
    — Morgen Peck, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Yet even at the time, the scandal was baked into the publicity.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
  • On the other hand, there’s an awful lot of publicity around this case.
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Above is a publicity still of O’Hara in prep for the film.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of publicity doesn’t help sell voters on a tax increase.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Brunson just wants to help, and doesn’t seek the credit or publicity for it.
    — Shane Young, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But sometimes publicity isn’t enough and the park faces an ominous threat.
    — David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • None of this is going to go away in response to adverse publicity.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Then again, there was probably a reason the cast didn’t want to do a ton of publicity.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There are also studio and publicity shots of White alone and with her co-stars.
    — Lynn Elber, ajc, 3 Dec. 2021
  • But the old saying goes that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and this is an excellent case study.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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