Rumour

Examples

• Thus rumour thrives in the capital, and will not go down into Lincolnshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As no scandalous, ill-natured rumour had reached her, it was impossible for her to understand much of this strange letter. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I'll tell him that, said Mr. Yorke, when his foreman mentioned the rumour; and if _that_ does not bring him home full gallop, nothing will. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This last rumour gradually got strength. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• These latter, the rumour had it, they sacrificed to some terrible god in an orgy which ended in the eating of their victims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I gathered more from rumour, and I made out the rest by instinct. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I know it to be unnecessary and calculated to awaken speculation, doubt, rumour, I don't know what, in the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the evening her grandfather came indoors with a rumour that Yeobright had removed that day from Alderworth to the old house at Blooms-End. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The Roman citizen got his political facts from rumour and the occasional orator. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the rumours of old Lobbs's treasures were not exaggerated. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• For two weeks no word has come back from them, but rumours were rife that they had met with a terrible disaster and that all were dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Throughout 1916 she remained largely on the defensive, and there were rumours of a separate peace with Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were even rumours that he had left New York with Fanny Ring; but Mrs. Beaufort's attitude made the report seem improbable. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Martin had heard certain rumours; it struck him that it might be amusing to make an experiment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Every one had heard the rumours in question, and he scorned to confirm a tale that was already common property. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We heard different rumours about him from time to time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I had heard vague rumours, little more than legends they were, during my former life on Mars; but never had I seen them, nor talked with one who had. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The Court sits tremulous, powerless: varies with the varying temper of the Esplanade, with the varying colour of the rumours from Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. Helstone was hardly under the sod when rumours began to be rife in the neighbourhood that she had died of a broken heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It began to be rumoured that the jury would be out a long while. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Edited by Bertram