(n.) Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Example Sentences:
(1) He admitted, however, that he had not been able to find any record of this incident on the police computer and Mr Justice Riddle said that the evidence was "third-hand, anonymous hearsay".
(2) Wang admitted basing his report “on hearsay and his own subjective guesses without conducting due verifications”, Xinhua added.
(3) The symptom of penis captivus during sexual intercourse has had a largely hearsay existence in medical history, and rumour has embellished the drama of its occurrence.
(4) Hearsay and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
(5) "It turns out Mr Lewis's account contradicts the hearsay evidence attributed to Det Sgt Maberly.
(6) Questionnaires regarding experience, hearsay, and perceptions of anxiety toward eight dental treatments were distributed to a general patient population.
(7) On the role of the Boston College-Belfast Project tapes, he says: "The allegation of conspiracy in the killing of Mrs McConville is based almost exclusively on hearsay from unnamed alleged Boston College interviewees but mainly from the late Dolours Price [an IRA Old Bailey bomber] and Brendan Hughes [a Belfast IRA commanding officer].
(8) But a senior western diplomat dismissed this as hearsay, arguing that the Sudanese government's desire to strengthen ties with Cairo made them unlikely to side against Egypt on Libya .
(9) The internet will become constructed entirely of two different sorts of untruth: contemporaneous unalloyed praise and posthumous defamatory hearsay.
(10) The reason, again according to hearsay, was that he dozed off during one of Kim’s speeches.
(11) He said: "In the report, statements are made and inferences drawn on condition of anonymity and hearsay.
(12) Stuart-Smith concluded there was no cover-up, because the changes mostly involved removing comment and hearsay, although he did criticise some deletions of fact.
(13) But the home secretary cannot intervene on the basis of suspicion, rumour or hearsay.” May said the home affairs committee was also told that the concerns raised in April were confidential and they were treated as such.
(14) If one was to disavow common sense, history, evidence and truth, and, instead, rely purely on hysteria and hearsay created out of conjecture, then perhaps superficial appearances do conclusively prove Obama is a Muslim.
(15) There is reason to think, however, that all his evidence is hearsay, and that he himself never witnessed an act of cannibalism.
(16) We knew there were technical challenges but it was all hearsay.
(17) Does stating facts based on several independent levels of input and not on a few bits of non-expert hearsay endanger the reef-based tourism industry?
(18) But in a 11,750-word statement published on the Nike Oregon Project website he finally tackled the allegations which he said had left “innocent athletes’ careers tarnished with nothing but innuendo, hearsay and rumour”.
(19) It truly goes without saying.” He added : ... even if substituting a ministerial opinion based on untested hearsay and intelligence for the verdict of a jury were within the powers of parliament, should we do so as a matter of tradition and decency?
(20) The statements made in the letter regarding arbitrary arrests, torture and disappearances completely distorted the situation on the ground, and constitute generalisations based on hearsay and intentional distortions by those striving to regain a foothold in Egypt after being rejected by the people.
Rumor
Definition:
(n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
(n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
(n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
(v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell.
Example Sentences:
(1) He says he won't respond to the latest ridiculous rumor of Republican action.
(2) Are the annual Bob Dylan rumors flying around again?
(3) The analyses confirm that rumor involvement decreases the probability of current or future pill use by previous users and by those who have never used it.
(4) Some say the recent rush for rhino horn emanates from Vietnam, where, a few years ago, rumors circulated that a prominent politician had been cured of cancer by consuming it.
(5) Despite rumors to the contrary and theoretical problems with dehydrated cervical mucus, women with mild CF have little difficulty conceiving.
(6) Needless to say, it would be a huge blow to the Heat if James took his talents anywhere else, particularly if there is any truth in the rumors that Bosh will head elsewhere, possibly to the Houston Rockets , if Miami fails to re-sign James.
(7) Rumors that the US embassy in Sana’a would be evacuated have swirled for over a week.
(8) Let's say the rumors are right — and I believe they are — that the next-generation iPhone's CPU will be running at 600 MHz.
(9) Here’s a sex freak father, hanging around with whores and massage parlors and swinging and all that,” he said, of the rumors that spread about him.
(10) That kind of Kremlinology is nothing new – once upon a time, when Alan Greenspan was spotted sneezing in the morning, rumors he had died would be rippling through trading desks by mid-afternoon, sending the bond market into a tailspin.
(11) Correct the Record CEO David Brock has also publicly offered to pay for the legal fees and potential $5m penalty for anyone who leaks the rumored Apprentice videos.
(12) • Rumors swirled of a Republican proposal taking shape that would clean up the shutdown, the debt ceiling, the sequester, and the debate over taxes and entitlements in one fell swoop.
(13) We must do what is necessary to eliminate Isis, protect the innocent, and keep Americans safe,” said Representative Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Republican on the intelligence committee rumored to seek the chairmanship, an influential foreign-policy position.
(14) Ballmer's bid is rumored to be in the $2bn range, which would mean the Clippers – yes, the Clippers of all teams – had sold for more money than any other franchise in NBA history.
(15) Seven tumors had in addition tall finger-shaped protrusions and two rumors crater-like formations covered by irregular microvilli.
(16) Rumors have circulated for weeks as to the real name and background of the jihadi, whose identity is the subject of intense interest from British security officials.
(17) Romney has been looking and sounding like Vlad the Impaler for so long that all he had to do to exceed expectations was show up acting like someone who doesn't sleep in a crypt; strike a pose from the Ronald Reagan Compassionate Conservative playbook; spit out a few numbers; and seem puzzled by all of those, er, rumors about his plans to cut taxes for the rich and roll the rest of us back to serfdom.
(18) Congruent with previous research on hearing populations, deaf participants who were more anxious knew more rumors than did less anxious deaf participants.
(19) There's an "obvious" solution: Our old friend, the rumored 7" tablet (measured on the diagonal).
(20) The rumors about Clinton’s health appear to stem from a 2012 incident when she sustained a head injury from a fall that was attributed to a stomach virus.