Rumour
a rumour (noun) - an uncertain story or piece of information that many people are talking about
bewildered by rumour and uncertain as to the truth
the person who is putting the rumour about is trying to push his own agenda
rumour had it that she was once a great beauty
no one knew for certain but there was a strong rumour
the reporter followed up a rumour
followed up some vague, unsubstantiated rumour
did not get to the bottom of the rumour
the rumour had probably been planted by lieutenant himself
a rumour that someone in the department was the traitor
rumoured to have been carried out by national security forces in the interests of public peace and harmony
rumoured to have poisoned his sister-in-law in order to gain possession of the whole of the inheritance
object to the way that the press often used rumour and innuendo as the basis of hard reporting
gloomy forecast sparks rumour
it's all media speculation and market rumour
it's the subject of rumour and speculation
a rumour resulting in an untoward movement in its share price
constant rumours of imminent fare increases
rumour and counter-rumour
denounce rumours of a tift between the industrialist and his mistress
rumours damaging the public's confidence in the hospital
rumours damaging the morale of the staff
rumours put about during the strike that the owners were importing Chinese labour
fuelled by rumours that Old Nick has something up his frilly sleeve
dark rumours were circulating
strong rumours began to circulate
strong rumours were flying around
no truth in the rumours
maybe she'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame
rumour has given rise to renewed fears
is there any truth to the rumour?
rumours seemed insubstantial, even a joke
rumours fuelled by a statement to a journalist
rumours were further fuelled by his statement
rumours surrounding the closing of the factory
unsubstantiated rumours
unconfirmed rumours
false rumours
baseless rumours
office rumours
the rumour mill
hot off the rumour mill
rumour had it that...
there's some truth in the rumours
a vicious rumour
a malicious rumour
malicious rumours about her love life
persistent rumours in Washington of further infidelities
persistent and vicious rumours have harmed her reputation
cannot combat rumours with defamation suit
believe a rumour
confirm a rumour
fuel rumours
circulate rumours
rumours flying about
hear a rumour
deny a rumour
putting a rumour about
spreading a rumour
a rumour arose
a rumour began
rumours spread
anxiety over a rumour
ordered to stay quiet on rumours
rumours on the bidding
rumours surrounding her mysterious disappearance
laying to rest the many mysteries and rumours surrounding his untimely death
rumours immediately quashed
rumours about the sale
rumours about the transfer
market rumours
rumours persist
rumours abound
unsubstantiated and irresponsible rumours
damaging rumours
Example sentences:
* Carrefour denies rumours of sale.
* But it is just rumour.
* Local rumour maintains that Little Italy is one of the cleanest and safest enclaves in Manhattan.
* The market makers who replaced the jobbers rarely meet face to face, so one rumour is as good as another.
* Nothing, it seems, is too fanciful for Egypt's rumour mill, especially sex, violence and sectarianism.
* The rumour mill, however, is full of likely failures.
* If a buyer cannot be found fast, rumour goes, the bank may lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
* In the village in which the author currently lives there is now no cricket team, but rumour had it that there once was.
* Memories from the past, rumours, and first-hand experience combined to warn the street people that resistance to police pressure offered little profit.
* The staff seem to have heard a rumour about his being out of favour with higher managment, but he seemed a most efficient and kindly gentleman to us.
* At first this was merely the usual paranoid rumour inevitable under a ruthless regime where informers abounded, but after a time a more imaginative version emerged.
* In fact the populace, bewildered by rumour and uncertain as to the truth, knew not which way to turn.
* I did also hear that the person who is putting the rumour about is trying to push his own design.
* The rumour that it was radioactive arose after the Soviet authorities requested some civilian aircraft not to fly their usual routes from Japan to Europe for 48 hours for technical reasons.
* The English edition sold out very quickly, and rumour had it that interested parties had bought up large numbers of copies in order to minimise its impact.
* Hot off the rumour mill: Cypress Semiconductor Corp is now seriously talking about Alpha.
* Rumour had it that Gaunt had poisoned his sister-in-law in order to gain possession of the whole of the inheritance.
* Rumour had it that this was carried out by national security forces in the interests of public peace and harmony.
* The fact that the rumour had probably been planted by Tosh himself did nothing to diminish his fearful aspect.
* She saw Ross Aldridge, whom she knew slightly from when he'd processed her shotgun licence application, and wondered for a moment if the rumour was true about how he and his wife had moved to the area a few months after their baby had died.
* The anxiety of the pope over a rumour concerning his malice towards him is here very evident.
* But Dr Snodgrass told me there was a rumour of someone in MI6 being the traitor.
* Knopf (1975) objects to the way that the press often used rumour and innuendo as the basis of hard reporting.
* Nobody knew for certain which building was going to be used, but there was a strong rumour that it was going to be the orfanotrofio, the orphanage.
* Maybe she'd seen the looks of fear in her children's eyes as she talked to them, maybe she'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame.
* He followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night, although he did not get to the bottom of it, and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night.
* When following an approach to the target company, the target is the subject of rumour and speculation or there is an untoward movement in its share price, an investigation shall be undertaken.
* She'd been so sure he'd say he was acting on instinct or following up some vague, unsubstantiated rumour, she'd never anticipated anything so concrete, or so damning.
* Is there any truth to the rumour that the members have all been banned from the roads for speeding?
* Anyone else hear the rumour that Tommy Smith is getting the management position?
* Rumour and the recent closure of a similar factory last week has given rise to renewed closure fears.
* A gloomy sales forecast sparks rumour.
* That was all media speculation and market rumour and we have no plans to do anything like that right now, was Lord Nelson's message to the shareholders.
* Every day there is rumour and counter-rumour.
* There have been constant rumours of fare increases.
* Our staff will stay quiet on bid rumours.
* Rumours of putsches, paramilitary fantasies, destabilizing activities by MI5, the theatricalities of the underground National Front, all these seemed relatively insubstantial, even a joke.
* The rumours were further fuelled by the statement he made when talking to a journalist.
* He acknowledged that dark rumours were circulating about the Ministry of the Interior.
* Despite persistent rumours in Washington of further infidelities, Mr Clinton says there will be no more surprises about him.
* That this her attitude has not changed at all in the face of constant harassment, phone-calls, malicious rumours about her love life, threats of violence, and the attempted shooting of group mem
bers is all the more remarkable.
* There was no truth in rumours of a group split.
* There have been some quite strong rumours flying around Manchester that the band are about to split up.
* The rumours were now more than just loud, they were deafening.
* Then, in the early spring, strong rumours began to circulate that big changes were coming soon.
* This is the first night of the band's eight-night stint at the Town & Country Club in conjunction with the Spastics Society and there's a palpable sense of occasion, fuelled by rumours that Old Nick has something up his frilly sleeve.
* Whether these rumours reached his impressionable ears as a child must also be doubted.
* Camilla's sister, Annabelle Elliott, admitted that she does not know for sure whether there is any truth in rumours of a relationship with Prince Charles.
* They posed for photographers at the star-studded show, giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks.
* The boxer arrived here in Las Vegas last night and immediately quashed rumours that he could be paid to step aside if his rival wins the world heavyweight crown.
* Upon finding the wreck the FORI hope to be able to identify the serial plates on the engines of the aircraft, proving that this aircraft was the mount of Saint-Exupery, thereby laying to rest the many mysteries and rumours that have over the years surrounded his death.
* Rumours abound and are no help in this kind of situation.
* Storage Technology Corp declined to comment on market rumours that its Iceberg high-speed disk array is about to be completed.
* This time, the government has promised to pay, but rumours persist that it will try in future to leave more of the cost in private hands.
* Rumours were put about during the strike that shipowners were threatening to import Chinese labour to man their vessels.
* What upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the participants were threatening to pull out.
* Police rejected as unfounded the rumours that they had struck a deal with the criminal syndicates.
* Maybe there's some truth in the transfer rumours?
* I feel the rumours have been damaging to the public's confidence in the hospital and to the morale of staff.
* With unsubstantiated and irresponsible rumours that AIDS comes from Africa, it is important to work with black organisations around prevention.
