Synonym: bruit, hearsay, rumor. Similar words: rumor, tumor, humor, humorous, magnum opus, forum, drum, mourn. Meaning: ['ruːmə(r)] n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. v. tell or spread rumors.
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121. The nation is beset with rumour and counter-rumour of alleged liaisons, tapes and the activities of the security services.
122. The caution was due to a dark cloud on Airtours' horizon: the rumour of a possible price war.
123. As rumour circulated within its confines, Eleanor would surely discover his infidelities.
124. GM maintains a long-standing policy of not commenting on market speculation and rumour.
125. I did also hear that the person who is putting the rumour about is trying to push his own design.
126. I'd be very interested to hear what the next rumour is ... but I don't really have anything to say.
127. And I must admit that Mary Shelley began the rumour; but she had to make her impression on an untutored audience.
128. Have you heard the rumour about him and his secretary?
129. Rumour had it that Gaunt had poisoned his sister-in-law in order to gain possession of the whole of the inheritance.
130. Eventually a rumour began to go around that I was having an affair with one of my friends' husband.
131. There is a rumour, locally,[http://sentencedict.com/rumour.html] that St Leonard's is haunted by monks.
132. A rumour of his death circulated in 1230, but he did not in fact die until late 1235 or 1236.
133. No woman could look like that without some one starting a rumour about her and some one.
134. The book just mentioned also gave rise to a rumour that Richard Baxter was about to conform.
135. Rumour has it that these are children with learning difficulties; off limits to our group of visiting helpers.
136. There is no truth in the rumour that this tactic is being used to keep the critics at bay.
137. Female speaker Is there any truth to the rumour that the members have all been banned from the roads for speeding.
138. Whereas rumour led him to believe that Robert Beaumont was a cultivated man, likely to appreciate music.
139. A standard rumour was that some one the story-teller knew personally had been hitching a lift one dark night.
140. The story behind the rumour is so curious, however, that it is worth telling none the less.
141. And rumour has it that the big-name band will be outrageous rockers Guns N' Roses.
142. The possibility of penal cancellation charges in the public domain is a rumour.
143. It only takes a whisper of a rumour that a delivery is imminent, and cars flock to the garage.
144. The rumour was that Peace was told he would get the sack, if he dared to criticize Andrew's conduct again.
145. The longest running rumour about the book started to spread soon after Frankfurt.
146. When the rumour reached Gabriel she began to realize what she would say to John Coffin.
147. Adam quickly gained the respect of the soldiers and popularity with those officers whose currency was not to deal in rumour.
148. Rumour has it that the barbecue team is ready and willing to provide its services to Aberdeen on request.
149. I don't think he's going to resign. It's only a rumour.
150. That's the rumour which will begin to circulate: a poisoner as well as a sodomite.