malicious talk

By then Joe and Jill Biden were in the front pew of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, listening to the Gospel of Luke: If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk .

It's impossible to listen to this kind of malicious talk without reacting emotionally.

“These companies are looking to provide resettled refuges with the ability to live happy and productive lives. There’s never any malicious talk about getting them on the cheap.”

“We knew which way the wind was blowing, as well as who was responsible for the malicious talk,” wrote Jalics.

But the incredulous ones ceased their malicious talk and their suspicions when they saw how sad and desperate Carafosca became at his sweetheart's illness, praying for her recovery with all the fervor of a simple soul, even going so far as to enter the little village church,—he, who had always been a pagan, a blasphemer of God and the saints.