The phrase "a torrent of speculation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large and overwhelming amount of conjecture or theories about a particular topic or event.
Example: "After the announcement, there was a torrent of speculation regarding the company's future plans."
Alternatives: "a flood of speculation" or "an avalanche of speculation".
For months, the crime was unsolved, and it became the subject of a torrent of speculation, with some insinuations directed at Polanski.
With their pitching off to a staggering start, the Braves lost 8 of their first 12 games and set off a torrent of speculation that their reign was coming to an end.
His departure stunned the industry, and its timing, within a week of the arrest of Bernard L. Madoff, the New York asset manager now serving a 150-year jail sentence for fraud, provoked a torrent of speculation.
The announcement stunned Wall Street and set off a torrent of speculation about whether Evan had, in fact, quit or been fired, and whether Mr. Greenberg, the chairman and chief executive of A.I.G., might now be maneuvering to buy the big brokerage and investment firm Marsh & McLennan Companies as a way of bringing Jeffrey back into the fold.
The Web has been rife with bogus rumors of an Apple cellphone since 2004, and each ridiculous "leak" or faked "photo" sets off a torrent of fruitless discussion, speculation and hysteria.
After months of rumors and a seemingly endless torrent of speculation, it's finally time for Apple to announce what they've been working on for the last few months.
First came a rare and inescapable torrent of speculation — in blogs, on television and radio, at dinner tables across Italy — about the nature and origins of his relationship with Noemi Letizia, a pretty blond aspiring model whose 18th birthday party he attended in Naples last month, and who has said she calls him Daddy.
The lawyers sagged with relief, and a torrent of merry legal chitchat — speculations about the future of no-fault, reminiscences of the old days of Alabama quickies — excluded Joan and Richard.
However, the trashy lives of famous people fascinate most of us, and this torrent of speculation, mundanity and alarming fact is an absorbing insight into a messy and uncovetable life.
In the case of Mr. Bo, once one of China's most powerful leaders, Chinese authorities found themselves unable to suppress the torrent of speculation online and were ultimately forced to issue a statement declaring the mysterious death of a British businessman to be a murder and naming Mr. Bo's wife as the leading suspect.
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called off their engagement on Sunday night, launching a torrent of "told you so" headlines and tabloid speculation about why they split.
