Sentence examples for provoked rumours from inspiring English sources
In 1749, a court decision made by Fielding – in his role as magistrate – provoked rumours that he was being paid to defend brothels.
For several weeks, this provoked rumours in Britain that his force had been destroyed, until he got word to the Admiralty of his hurried retreat.
There has been intense speculation about Bo Xilai's position since February when his former chief of police spent a few hours at a US consulate in Sichuan Province, provoking rumours that he was seeking asylum.
In 1631 he was deeply distressed by the death of his much-loved wife, though he provoked scandalous rumours not long afterward by secretly marrying (October 1632) Elizabeth Rodes, the young daughter of a neighbouring squire.
Whereas many events in the war were more bloody for the Israelis, like the massacre at Kfar Etzion with 150 deaths or the one of the Mount Scopus with 78, the Battle of Latrun is the event of the war to provoke most rumours, narratives and controversies in Israel.
Those rumours invariably provoked panic-buying.
The rumours were provoked by the fact that Mr Kinnock, who works for the World Economic Forum in Geneva and earns a salary of more than €115,000 a year (£101,000), claims to spend most of his time in Switzerland.
Mr Yushchenko's intervention to remove the caps provoked a contretemps; the president was rumoured to have suggested that the prime minister might consider resigning.
His views provoked arguments.
