idle rumor

Example Sentences

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That ain't any idle rumor, either, nor something that was hinted to me casual.

From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster

I trust you are making them upon some better grounds than mere personal prejudice or idle rumor, if you expect me to believe them.

From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

Lady Gregory describes in her notes on Spreading the News how the play grew out of an idea of picturing tragic consequences from idle rumor and defamation of character.

From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Leonard, Sterling Andrus

Minnie was right about the reinforcements, though the suggestion as to bloodhounds proved to be nothing but idle rumor.

From The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy by Anonymous

She supposed, when she thought of it at all, that it was some such idle rumor as frequently arose concerning the discovery of some suspected person implicated in the murder of Ailsie Dunbar.

From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte