Use "rumour" in a sentence

1. The fact that one of these ladies disappeared for a while, re-appearing a year later with a baby girl in tow caused a considerable amount of rumour though the woman in question never revealed who the child’s father is

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2. ‘Not a lot … there was a rumour a while back that she was involved with the Anti’s at some time, but I’ve never really looked into it

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3. Rumour had it that they had been lovers for years but I’ve never had that confirmed

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4. rumour and speculation, but no one actually had any idea what had

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5. and retold again and again, and the knowledge, or at least rumour, of

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6. Rumour is that he's selling up

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7. The establishment still ran on old fashioned lines; notably, there was little incidence of the super-bugs which appeared to afflict the majority of hospitals and the locals appreciated it accordingly, fighting tooth and nail to keep the place open every time there was a rumour that it might be closed

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8. We only have to spread the rumour that

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9. can use to spread this rumour

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10. categorically deny the rumour that I actually bought one

11. went, with not the slightest rumour or clue as to the

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12. “It is almost always superstitious nonsense, laden with rumour and folklore

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13. Rumour has it that despite the fights being so brutal there, the living conditions at West Belsen are far better than at Salverford

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14. Rumours had apparently filtered across the water about a huge army amassing in Taron, but thought it just a rumour like so many before

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15. The other rumour was that the boxes were made by prisoners (convicts), and that they had shortened it a few inches so that an R1 rifle (SLR) would not fit into them as a way of protesting their slave labour

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16. The rifles fitted nicely into our boxes which defied the rumour

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17. There was a rumour, probably true, that policemen cut off the ears of dead terrorists to keep as trophies, but I had never witnessed it first-hand

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18. There was a rumour (that I believed) which told that every shooting incident was entered into a secret file, and when the file revealed a pattern a formal investigation was launched

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19. There was a rumour that the Police issued assault rifles could only fire single shots but that is nonsense

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20. Rumour had it that the ropes were rejected gallows ropes, or former gallows ropes, which I could believe

21. Rumour had it that many a male student had to run like the wind with a pillowcase over his head when a surprise inspection took place

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22. I don’t really believe that rumour

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23. The six shot revolvers caused a rumour that criminals had once stormed SAP detectives after counting down six shots fired

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24. I do not believe that rumour

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25. There was also a rumour that a young policeman investigated a crime scene in a dark building and as he switched his torch on he saw a criminal in front of him with a fire-arm pointing right at his head

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26. The rumour said he stayed upright, but suffered a cracked rib

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27. There was a rumour that a person high on drugs is not affected by tear-gas and would be able to attack you even after being sprayed

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28. You may even be escorted out of the meeting by security if they are really irresponsible for it will make a wonderful story in the local newspapers and start a rumour they have indeed something to hide

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29. In all honesty, they may have had a point there for the rumour was that a few such races did occur in the past and a few Casspirs indeed rolled during the races

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30. After we received our Golf Gti’s a rumour started that a small hole drilled in the inlet manifold (or something) would increase the air mixture of the fuel injection and thus more performance

31. Many years later I heard a rumour that we executed Van Rooyen because senior policemen were involved in his paedophile ring

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32. In later years, after my time, a rumour started that assault rifles can be hired with an instructor to provide training

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33. Therefore the rumour of a wayward constable sent to run to a tree in the distance and bringing back a leave for the Sergeant is nonsense

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34. As always we took that to the brink and it reminds me of a rumour I heard

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35. that is a rumour spread after the war for which no evidence exists

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36. There was a joke or rumour of a constable who crept up to his mate doing number two, and proceeded to catch the excrement with a spade

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37. There was an unfortunate rumour that the first Casspir ever was built, was built with the wrong steel and not armoured through some embarrassing mix up at the factory

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38. Then came a rumour that a bullet turned around would penetrate the armour being something of a shape charge or hollow-point

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39. There was a very strong rumour that journalists paid rioters to attack the SAP with stones

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40. Nothing much happened to him in court but I heard a rumour he was sorted out in the cells by a tough criminal who disliked wife-beaters

41. It could and did knock members off, and one was decapitated according to rumour

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42. * There was a rumour, untrue, that the Alsatian breeding program could be tracked directly back to Hitler and his well-known love of the breed

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43. Rumour had it that the escort clubs (prostitutes) did roaring business with the married farmers

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44. * There is also a rumour that poisoned clothes were left at the shops to be stolen by the terrorists when they robbed the place

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45. It must be noted that none of the surviving Victims were mistreated or raped before the execution as the rumour had it just afterwards

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46. In regard to the identification of dead terrorists allow me to quote to your from my book Mean Streets - Life in the Apartheid Police: "There was a rumour, probably true, that Policemen cut the ears off dead terrorists to keep as trophies but I have never seen that myself

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47. There is a constant rumour that they assassinated Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 because he supported the ANC against Apartheid South Africa an about to make a speech about it

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48. There was a rumour that one of these pocket Bibles actually stopped a bullet during a contact (shootout/fire fight) in Rhodesia

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49. I doubt that because I tested the rumour by firing clean through one with an AK47…much to my disgust

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50. He also refused to comment on whether more human remains have been found, and could not speculate as to the source of the rumour

51. Rumour on the beach was that he had had a pretty serious accident

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52. 7 Note, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the

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53. "I heard a rumour of it, but I hardly believed it

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54. hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land

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55. 14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come

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56. the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and

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57. years back, an’ rumour had it he’d been assigned a secret task

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58. ‘But we have heard a rumour that he has come to the deepest south, and so we go there to meet him

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59. Rumour said—and Mary believed every word of it—that Evelyn had grown angry with two young men in the village and publicly cursed them

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60. 5 Now when there was gone out a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead,

61. 2 While this was going on, an invidious rumour was uttered abroad by men who had banded together

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62. The bank was barely out of a world financial crisis, the shares were at a near low and he didn’t want to drive them down any further with idle rumour mongering

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63. The press have had a field day with poor Harry’s attack and the rumour mills are working overtime

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64. This isn’t a rumour, though

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65. It is hard to rebut the rumour among

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66. “You've told everyone that we're getting married and don't tell me it's just a rumour that someone made up because I heard you tell Mary that we were

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67. 5 Now when there was gone out a false rumour as though Antiochus had been dead Jason took at the least a thousand men and suddenly made an assault on the city; and those who were on the walls being put back and the city at length taken Menelaus fled into the castle: 6 But Jason killed his own citizens without mercy not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies and not his countrymen whom he conquered

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68. 2 While this was going on an invidious rumour was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race

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69. He’d heard no rumour of war or revolt, and his mind had picked up no rushes of violence apart from the usual murmurings of the northern rebels

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70. All the people heard now of them was the occasional rumour, although it was true that those rumours had been recent

71. SISTER LEOBA: There was a rumour that Osred, as king, might have revoked the law against female Pilgrimage

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72. ’ he hissed, ‘I have heard rumour of some killers and arena fighters who have fallen from the Su-Katii path, I think from the look of him that he may be one of them

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73. There are no routes over those peaks it is a false rumour that we spread to entice foreigners into these mountains so that we could trap them and kill them

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74. Those types were gems the desk lady pushed her marketing power – and because of the tiny rumour mill found out certain things

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75. Rumour said he was seeking redemption

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76. The regular soldiers despised them for their lack of discipline and a rumour had started amongst the men that they were getting paid more than the regulars

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77. Just months after Harry’s wife had left our “savage” island the rumour mill was a-

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78. slung around by the rumour mill but he disclosed more about himself that had not followed

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79. “If you are the royal family, how did they get you? Rumour has it you can teleport

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80. „Instead of cops, how about if a buddy had rung to warn him of a rumour that the cops were searching suspect houses?"

81. engine (at least according to rumour)

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82. Rumour also had it that one warehouse in another sector was

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83. According to rumour, one mother had brought aboard a severely handicapped boy, and the two

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84. ―It wasn‘t a rumour love, it was real,‖ Keegan interjected, then directed his attention to

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85. Rumour has it that some new faction has moved into the

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86. Suspicion, hearsay, rumour – none of those things are sufficient to warrant serious investigation

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87. The rumour department had been working over-time and all the teachers Bart spoke to assumed Robert had been in the shed smoking dope, setting the place alight himself

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88. It is just a rumour that is not talked about and I certainly do not know you

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89. They still did not know exactly what it had all been about, but they had guessed part of it, and they would probably learn the rest courtesy soon enough by way of rumour and gossip

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90. He had heard a rumour about her and Michael Mannion kissing

91. h(AVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST RUMOUR ABOUT 4AYLORv *ANE ASKED 3IMON AS THEY CAUGHT UP FOR

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92. I've heard a rumour that

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93. Perhaps there was something to the rumour heard by Enid Villiers……

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94. They never empty everything out unless there is a rumour of an escape

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95. He knew of several high profile Nazi’s who were working in Brazil and Uruguay and rumours abounded about the work of a very high ranking official in Argentina but it was just a rumour

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