Worse yet, in numerous surveys, consumers have yawned in the face of its most heavily touted applications, movies-on-demand and interactive home shopping.

New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon.

So, in the summer of 1990, when their heavily touted "Days of Thunder" was a box-office disappointment, the long knives came out.

Both teams' offensive lineups were heavily touted, with the Yankees and Phillies leading their respective leagues in runs scored per game.

Mr. Luhrmann and his promoters have heavily touted the youthful attractiveness of their cast.

Lithium orotate is heavily touted by Dr. John Gray, among others, as a low toxicity alternative.

Both have been heavily touted as the next great high school stars who could leap to the N.B.A.

Touted heavily by Jane Pauley, then co-host of "Today," he rose to executive producer of the morning program.

It was a heavily touted feature of Tiger and sure, it got a bit of a fiddle with Leopard.

It was heavily touted in the publicity department at the time, even though it was not used in the film as extensively as promoted.