grapevine

Example Sentences

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And we eventually heard through the grapevine that they all—including Matthew—were working as cattle herders in Sogakope.

From Literature

I had heard through the grapevine that a former math teacher named Dorothy Vaughan was running NACA’s highly regarded West Area computing unit, which was composed entirely of Colored women.

From Literature

The parachutes floated down toward the coastline, not far from a cluster of makeshift tents, grapevines, fig trees and the outer edge of residential buildings.

From Los Angeles Times

Workers — many undocumented — fled, some going into the fields, hiding beneath grapevines or climbing up date palm trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Again, no one knows for sure, but the grapevine says that Mercedes are ahead.

From BBC