By rumor, of course, he knew a great deal more.
"And it is not my way to judge a man by rumors."
Put any woman in an area run mostly by men and rumors will fly.
But the larger issues of the war are distant, available mostly by rumor.
Many of them I had never seen before; some were unknown to me even by fame or rumor.
Politics, financial markets, the entertainment industry and the personal computer business live by rumors.
They were hunted down and shot, and I got all of this by rumor.
We knew by rumor that you'd be bare naked for part of the baptism.
I am happy to report to you that our fighting men in Singapore are undismayed by certain wild rumors.
"My enemies have killed me a hundred times by rumors," grunted Conan.