How to Use word-of-mouth in a Sentence
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Both movies had strong reviews and word-of-mouth.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The film’s playing well and word-of-mouth is good.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tap into your network for word-of-mouth recs as well.
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Kyle Hoepner,
Architectural Digest,
3 Mar. 2026
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And much of its word-of-mouth buzz can be traced back to the people who made it.
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Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2024
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This turns word-of-mouth into a natural growth loop.
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Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Whether that good word-of-mouth can lift up the opening will pan out tomorrow.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Will any such traveling word-of-mouth and awards buzz repeat this year?
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2026
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But then the film, through word-of-mouth, was connecting with people.
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Carolyn Giardina,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Jan. 2024
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However, tepid word-of-mouth will knock it off the must-see list of many movie goers.
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David Hunter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 July 2023
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Soon, word-of-mouth referrals began to flow.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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So were their listeners, who learned of the jam sessions through word-of-mouth and sat on the lawn.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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And the majority of Tee’s clients comes from word-of-mouth.
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Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Two years ago, Dancing on the Edge was something of a word-of-mouth hit.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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Currently, word-of-mouth brings in much of the repeat business.
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Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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And a sign of exceptionally strong word-of-mouth.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
24 May 2026
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Some rely solely on word-of-mouth referrals.
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Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The movie has also garnered solid word-of-mouth on social media.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2023
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The firm has a sterling reputation thanks to word-of-mouth among their law-abiding clients.
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Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
2 May 2024
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Netflix could have another word-of-mouth hit on its hands with His & Hers.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Dale Houston said the best advertisement has been word-of-mouth.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2023
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The fact is, reputation travels, and so does word-of-mouth among managers.
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Ebony Flake,
Essence,
18 Jan. 2024
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The best word-of-mouth advertising comes from a happy customer.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Back in those pre-internet days, Cline’s ubiquity was word-of-mouth, but deeply felt.
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Holly Gleason,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2024
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Tesla has long prided itself on word-of-mouth among its fan base to market its vehicles.
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Dana Hull,
Fortune,
16 May 2023
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Many of them knew each other from work or school before moving to the estates, which relied on word-of-mouth for sales.
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Courtland Milloy,
Washington Post,
31 Oct. 2023
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The show was a word-of-mouth favorite that suddenly got huge after its first couple of seasons.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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This approach builds trust, loyalty and strong word-of-mouth referrals.
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Dr. Demoine Kinney,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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That could be partly due to energetic word-of-mouth stoked by social media.
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Eva Rothenberg,
CNN,
30 July 2023
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The celebrity crowd has slowly begun to rediscover them by word-of-mouth, or via their stylists.
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Samantha Conti,
WWD,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Gilded Age has been a true word-of-mouth phenomenon.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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That’s the power of word of mouth.
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Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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That word of mouth method is working in the most new school way.
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Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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This could end up being one of them, if word of mouth spreads.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That can be through phone records or texts or word of mouth from the others.
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
23 Sep. 2023
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Over the decades, word of mouth brought more and more gay people to the area.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2023
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But a lot of the movie’s success was also down to word of mouth.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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But that series took a little while to spool up through word of mouth.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
21 Apr. 2023
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Many keep coming back and bring others with them through word of mouth.
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Igor Epshteyn,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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And while some of that exposure is from word of mouth, much of it comes from ads.
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Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The event crowds doubled in a year as word of mouth spread about the first show’s success.
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Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2024
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Curious to see how word of mouth is going to spread for this one.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Aside from money, Cornyn is hoping word of mouth will help.
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Jack Fink,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Most people find out about it through word of mouth or on Facebook.
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The Courier-Journal,
23 Feb. 2024
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Most people find out about it through word of mouth or on Facebook.
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The Courier-Journal,
23 Feb. 2024
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Some rumors are spread through word of mouth or social media.
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Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
24 June 2024
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Those shows drew their audiences by little more than word of mouth.
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James Sullivan,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 Apr. 2023
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So a lot of people get online and the Google search or word of mouth.
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Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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The two friends quietly evolved a business through word of mouth.
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Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
17 July 2025
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The residencies last a few weeks, long enough for word of mouth to spread.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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And then midway through, word of mouth made that album resurface.
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Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
16 Apr. 2025
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Bad word of mouth was hurting advance ticket sales.
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Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Most of her new clients came by word of mouth or through past relationships.
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Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Around 40 percent of dog owners found their pet through word of mouth.
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William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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What may be even more surprising is that the event has grown largely through word of mouth.
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Daily News,
28 May 2026
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The chain is also hoping to get some buzz the old-fashioned way, through word of mouth.
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN,
20 June 2024
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So there’s a lot of faith placed in word of mouth and offers that aren’t yet official.
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Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The tearoom has grown by word of mouth, with guests booking ahead for lunch and tea service.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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In marketing, nothing beats word of mouth!
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Much of the traffic came through social, which is to say, digital word of mouth.
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Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2023
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The book sold steadily, through word of mouth, and got a good review in a newspaper.
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Haruki Murakami,
The New Yorker,
1 July 2024
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