Those who still cling to it are clinging to a mere echo, the faint rumour left behind by the disappearing 'soul' upon the air of philosophy"(p. 2).

Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.

My people and your watchers are listening and watching and interpreting, but only the faintest rumors come to us, none of them true.

Not the faintest rumor or oldest lore explains the skeleton.

That faint rumour of Hyksosian connections in Naja's background must have had substance, and if it was true the rest fell neatly into place.

The faint rumor carried by the migrating runners must be true, for here was a hopper afraid of bipeds.

We'd only heard faint rumors that Lumumba was in trouble.

As the days passed, and moon after moon went by without bringing even the faintest rumour of you, I resigned myself to my fate.

There was even a very faint rumor that his name was Jesus.

In 1946, faint rumors which had been circulating within the party about disloyalty on the part of Lai Teck began to receive more substantiation.