The phrase "circulated stories" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to tales or narratives that have been shared or spread among people.
Example: "The circulated stories about the town's haunted history intrigued many visitors."
Alternatives: "shared tales" or "disseminated narratives".
During Andrew's presidential bids in 1824 and 1828, his enemies circulated stories about Rachel's first marriage, claiming that Andrew was an adulterer and Rachel a bigamist.
Hamas has circulated stories in its official news media and Web sites about the Israeli secret services' methods of recruiting new spies.
Torridge's puddingly appearance did not suggest that he had bijou qualities, but the boys circulated stories of a liason between him and the chaplain God Harvey.
There are sketchy but widely circulated stories that the militants are trained by the Taliban and receive money from drug traffickers and from Osama bin Laden, the exiled Saudi accused of leading an international terrorist group.
Before the study was even circulated, stories in some mainstream publications including Forbes ran the release with only a pretense of a rewrite.
Pippin's takeover was reinforced with propaganda that portrayed the Merovingians as inept or cruel rulers, exalted the accomplishments of Charles Martel, and circulated stories of the family's great piety.
In a widely circulated story this week, the CBC correlated Alberta's suicides with economic recession.
A6 Prince Denies Untold Sex Story Prince Charles of the British royal family publicly denied a widely circulated story about his sex life without ever saying what the story was.
"We're in negotiations," Mr. Evans said yesterday of the widely circulated story that he would become the new host of the series.
Brady, who has written a largely sympathetic book, maintains that the widely circulated story that Fischer had his fillings removed to stop them being used by the Soviets for radio signals is an "urban legend".
Obama dismissed a widely circulated story from the Wall Street Journal claiming that a $400m cash payment to Iran, announced in January, was to secure the release of US citizens held captive by the Iranian government.
