idle rumor
Example Sentences
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There is an idle rumor that Wilmington has been taken by the enemy.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
"It was only idle rumor," Peter Gross deprecated.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
He wondered if there could be any truth in that idle rumor.
From Every Man for Himself by Hopkins Moorhouse
It was rumored yesterday that the President would surely die,—an idle rumor, perhaps.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
He had acted foolishly, and followed an idle rumor without sufficient thought.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth
