idle rumor
Example Sentences
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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
"I think I had better not say it, for it may have been a mere idle rumor," answered Percy, who was now beginning to disclose some of his better traits of character.
From Taken by the Enemy by Optic, Oliver
The English journals, while repeating this idle rumor, observed that it was unfounded, and that Paine had not left France.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas
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
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
