rumour

Definition:
1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
2. Tell or spread rumors.

Use 'rumour' in a sentence:

• 1. I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
• 2. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
• 3. Rumour and intrigue took over.
• 4. Kenya is rife with rumour.
• 5. There's not a vestige of truth in the rumour.
• 6. We discredited the story as mere rumour.
• 7. The singer dismissed the story as a rumour.
• 8. There have been rumours that the band will reunite for a world tour.
• 9. Have you any idea where the rumour started?
• 10. I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.
• 11. Many of the stories are based on rumour.
• 12. This rumour has been bruited about for years.
• 13. Some rumour.
• 14. There's a rumour going around that they're having an affair.
• 15. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumour that he had planned to resign.
• 16. The police moved quickly to dispel the rumours.
• 17. Growing panic blew the rumour about.
• 18. The rumour is floating about.
• 19. I'm going to check out that Hell rumour.
• 20. The rumour was unfounded.
• 21. The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
• 22. There was a rumour she was going to resign, but there was nothing in it.
• 23. A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
• 24. There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.
• 25. In their absence, rumour and speculation flourish.
• 26. Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for $300.
• 27. The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.
• 28. There is a rumour, possibly spread by the revolutionary himself, that a major league scout once expressed interest in signing him as a player.
• 29. There are widespread rumours of job losses.
• 30. The rumours were still circulating at Westminster.
• 31. Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
• 32. A spokeswoman for the government denied the rumours.
• 33. Rumours of job losses were later confirmed.
• 34. Rumours are rife that he is going to resign.
• 35. The Hollywood rumour mill is already buzzing about a marriage between Paramount Studios and Caps Cities.
• 36. There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.
• 37. Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace.
• 38. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
• 39. It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.
• 40. He denied his father's rumoured love affair.
• 41. Rumours spread that the Duke had designs on the crown.
• 42. The rumour has been widely repeated in the press.
• 43. I've heard rumours, but nothing definite.
• 44. There is no truth in the rumours.
• 45. He was rumoured to be involved in the crime.
• 46. She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
• 47. Rumour has it that we'll have a new manager soon.
• 48. The rumours were eagerly seized upon by the local press.
• 49. Rumours that he had fled the country were promptly scotched by his wife.
• 50. All the rumours turned out to be true.
• 51. Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
• 52. However, traders tended to discount the rumour.