Sentence examples for contrary to rumor from inspiring English sources

Contrary to rumor, he is not planting those people who faint from excitement at his rallies.

Contrary to rumor, A-Rod did not step in to save her.

Contrary to rumor, even in Minnesota that does not start to happen in mid-August.

Contrary to rumor, the queen did not donate either the windmill or the garden to San Francisco — although as one of world's richest women, she certainly had the means to do so.

And contrary to rumor, Canada has far fewer guns per capita than the US, and far fewer gun-related deaths (one study found that 'you're more likely to be shot to death in the US than to die in a car accident in Canada').

"Contrary to rumor, we did not lose our cabaret license," he said at the time.

But contrary to rumors, he is not leaving the auction house.

"Contrary to rumors," it said, it had an ample stock of poles and equipment needed to make repairs.

Contrary to rumors of virtual imprisonment, Swinburne chose to stay at Watts' house, & he probably could not have existed without Watts.

Also, contrary to rumors of the time, Thaddeus Stevens — the congressman played by Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln" — probably did not commit blasphemy by administering communion to a dog.

Contrary to rumors that the young British artist Damien Hirst has forsaken art for the business of advertising or restaurant running, he seems to have gone into overproduction.