[
US
/ˈɹumɝ/
]
VERB
-
tell or spread rumors
It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
NOUN
- gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
How To Use rumor In A Sentence
- My ringworm worried her more than the swarms of rumors the local gossips were stirring.
- Diaz issued a firm denial of the rumor.
- Learn to separate scientific information from rumor and myth.
- Now you could dismiss this as "silly season" rumor-mongering, because Dougherty ran as a Democrat and Brewer is a Republican. Francine Hardaway: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Too Sick to Complete a Second Term?
- A rumor is floating about that the businessman is getting ready to waste millions again in a futile attempt to become governor, but that's relevant only to the coyotes who will take his money.
- But in 2002, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle conducted a study to address this rumor—and found no link between deodorant or antiperspirant and breast cancer.
- The latest rumor to emerge from the lock-tight SATC 2 shooting vault is that Anthony and Stanford will get married. 'Sex and the City 2': Will Anthony and Stanford tie the knot? | EW.com
- Everyone in amongst the "walkies" knows the rumors about Orbach and doping. Dominating the Unwitting: Winning the Five Boro Bike Tour
- There was, however, a rumor that later, when the alpha, beta, gamma theory went temporarily on the rocks, he seriously considered changing his name to Zacharias.
- You are born-again, re-sobered, a former hardcore binge drinker and rumored huge fan of various illegal substances back in college, and you had at least one DUI arrest and went AWOL from the National Guard, and you've stashed away from public view all records of both your tenure as Texas governor, and those SEC investigations into your alleged insider trading. Chaos Theory:
