idle rumor
Example Sentences
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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
"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
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
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
He wondered if there could be any truth in that idle rumor.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
