idle rumor
Example Sentences
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Perhaps no foe has more injured mankind than idle rumor.
From The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town by Christy, F. Earl
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
"It was only idle rumor," Peter Gross deprecated.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
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 Jones, John Beauchamp
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 Walworth, Ellen H.
