While they were meeting, rumors swept the great city in the cavern.

A rumor swept through the crowd that something ugly was in the wind.

And almost immediately a rumor swept the land that butterfly eggs would get you high.

That problem still has to be dealt with, but the rumor of your little romance is already sweeping the city.

By Wednesday, rumors swept the neighborhood that a 21-year-old resident was responsible.

The rumor had swept through the entire station: seventy-two hours to live.

For two or three months last fall, rumors swept the industry that the magazine was about to cease publication.

Meanwhile, new rumors swept the capital that the spacecraft came from another planet.

Various rumors have swept Madrid about the letter's author.

Rumours have swept the television world that it may be dropped because of falling ratings.