Word: hyping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...beginning of the season, Vermont was written up as the new team in the ECAC," he said. "We have to go in there and prove the hype wrong...
...endorsements, big hair and dates with Brooke Shields do not a tennis star make. But in a rare instance of substance overtaking hype, the hirsute Las Vegan became the first unseeded player ever to win the U.S. Open and instantly erased his image as young, gifted and slack...
Arkansas' vaunted Hogs won the NCAA basketball championship by overcoming media hype (the team made eight appearances on national television), stiff competition from rival Duke (whom they edged 76-72 in the final minute) and the support of Bill Clinton, who has a knack for getting behind a losing cause...
...publication is nothing more than a newfangled collection of buzzwords. The cover of November's premiere issue features text-art including AIDS, the Internet, Sex, Phat, Apathy, Slacker, Segregation, Lollapallooza, Beavis, Butthead, Real World, Influential, Multicultural, Promiscuous, Activists, Brady Bunch, Woodstock, Skeptical, Cynical, Bust, Boom, Driven, Idealist and Hype...
Undeniably topical, "Hoop Dreams" is not just a movie about basketball. It captivates its audience at every smooth pass and at every slam-dunk, but it is more far-reaching than the hype of a Nike commercial and vastly more politically-infused than a Duke game. See it, and see what's going...