idle rumor
Example Sentences
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He wondered if there could be any truth in that idle rumor.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
It is no idle rumor that I have told you.
From The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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
He had acted foolishly, and followed an idle rumor without sufficient thought.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
Nothing so shameful as this has ever come before, nothing that cuts so deep, nothing that has dragged France so low; therefore there is hope that this tale is but another idle rumor.
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 by Twain, Mark
