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Example sentences from the Web for rumourA Downing Street spokesman denied any “crisis talks” but not the rumour itself. Sex Scandal Engulfs 10 Downing Street as Feral Press Bites Back|Peter Jukes|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the memorable events which followed this rumour, the Duke of Perth continually shared. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745|Mrs. Thomson Rumour has it that there are at least a dozen ardent admirers at your feet, each with a wedding-ring in his waistcoat-pocket. The Big Drum|Arthur Pinero Then the rumour sprang up that he continued so long in the wood, in cold and hunger, until wolves tore him in pieces. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric
It was the fashion of the day, to admit every rumour of his cruelty. The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West They divined the truth; the intrigue was noised abroad, and the rumour at last got round to Fulbert. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10)|Alexander Pope
noun- information, often a mixture of truth and untruth, passed around verbally
- (in combination)a rumour-monger
gossip or hearsay archaic din or clamour obsolete fame or reputation verb(tr; usually passive) to pass around or circulate in the form of a rumourit is rumoured that the Queen is coming literary to make or cause to make a murmuring noise Word Origin for rumourC14: via Old French from Latin rūmor common talk; related to Old Norse rymja to roar, Sanskrit rāut he cries Words nearby rumourrummage sale, rummer, rummy, rumor, rumormonger, rumour, rump, Rumpelstiltskin, rumpf, rumple, rumply Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |