Sentence examples for malicious rumor from inspiring English sources

In retrospect, the malicious rumor among the kids at school that he was already shaving was probably true.

The report is that all the rival car dealers in town have banded together and spread malicious rumor that the new Chrysler resemble a turtle.

Few whites in Cordova believe that it could have happened here, and, pointing to versions of the story that are demonstrably false, generally dismiss it as a malicious rumor.

To work toward something for years, only to have it derailed by an unscrupulous superior or by malicious rumor, is a frightening prospect".

The rejection of the theses and hypotheses of the truthers should mean an effort to prevent parades of malicious rumor and distortions of facts from becoming part of legitimate discourse.

Worried about its hold on public opinion, the Chinese government has pursued a propaganda and police offensive against what it calls malicious rumor-mongering online.

Generating malicious rumors is not exactly new.

Marshal Fahim said news reports linking him to the Qadir killing were based on "malicious rumors".

Alan D. Schwartz, the chief executive of Bear, later said that malicious rumors helped fuel the panic.

The intent is to stop malicious rumors without hampering the natural exchange of information in the marketplace.

Hedge funds, they say, are spreading malicious rumors about Iceland's banks in the hopes of profiting from a collapse.