rumour
[ˈruːmər]
Definition:
1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
2. Tell or spread rumors.
'rumour' example sentence:
- I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
- It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
- Rumour and intrigue took over.
- Kenya is rife with rumour.
- There's not a vestige of truth in the rumour.
- We discredited the story as mere rumour.
- The singer dismissed the story as a rumour.
- There have been rumours that the band will reunite for a world tour.
- Have you any idea where the rumour started?
- I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.
- Many of the stories are based on rumour.
- This rumour has been bruited about for years.
- Some rumour.
- There's a rumour going around that they're having an affair.
- The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumour that he had planned to resign.
- The police moved quickly to dispel the rumours.
- Growing panic blew the rumour about.
- The rumour is floating about.
- I'm going to check out that Hell rumour.
- The rumour was unfounded.
- The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
- There was a rumour she was going to resign, but there was nothing in it.
- A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
- There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.
- In their absence, rumour and speculation flourish.
- Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for $300.
- The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.
- There is a rumour, possibly spread by the revolutionary himself, that a major league scout once expressed interest in signing him as a player.
- There are widespread rumours of job losses.
- The rumours were still circulating at Westminster.
- Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
- A spokeswoman for the government denied the rumours.
- Rumours of job losses were later confirmed.
- Rumours are rife that he is going to resign.
- The Hollywood rumour mill is already buzzing about a marriage between Paramount Studios and Caps Cities.
- There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.
- Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace.
- The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
- It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.
- He denied his father's rumoured love affair.
- Rumours spread that the Duke had designs on the crown.
- The rumour has been widely repeated in the press.
- I've heard rumours, but nothing definite.
- There is no truth in the rumours.
- He was rumoured to be involved in the crime.
- She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
- Rumour has it that we'll have a new manager soon.
- The rumours were eagerly seized upon by the local press.
- Rumours that he had fled the country were promptly scotched by his wife.
- All the rumours turned out to be true.
- Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
- However, traders tended to discount the rumour.