Sentence examples for a false rumour from inspiring English sources

Simon wrote: "I reminded him that in 1815 a false rumour that we had lost the Battle of Waterloo produced a financial crisis and ruined many people.

But it is not hard to imagine more malign motives: creating a false rumour to profit from manipulating a firm's share price, for example.

It also dismissed as a "false rumour" claims that 600,000 police and troops had illegally voted to boost Shafiq's tally.

He was among those who ordered a Roma-Lazio derby to be called off after a false rumour was spread that police had killed a child.

As part of a campaign of disinformation against the book, a false rumour was put about that Goldman was wanted by the Mexican police over his wife's death.

He was among the Ultras leaders who ordered that a Roma-Lazio derby be called off after a false rumour was spread that police had killed a child.

This was a horrible false rumour which Michael did nothing to combat.

Mirziyoyev is likely to win a landslide following a lacklustre election campaign enlivened only by a wild (and probably false) rumour that the new regime had poisoned Gulnara Karimova, the late president's socialite eldest daughter, and buried her in a secret grave.

A few days ago a man was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for spreading the "false rumour" that a Jew had been hanged by Brown Shirts - the "rumour," as a matter of fact, was true: the Jew, a certain Mr. ----, wandbeaten by Brown Shangedand hanged by his feet, so that his head was suspended off the ground.

The post quickly went viral, causing Facebook to publish a statement, quashing the false rumour.

The false rumour of riches brings Woody acclaim, status, prestige – which is a big reason, for many the sole reason, for wanting to be rich.