So when a tendril of the gossip grapevine thrust its feeler deep into the heart of the Subura, Lucius Decumius put two of his fingers together with two more, and came up with an answer of four fingers.

They just wanted to see men thrown off the Tarpeian Rock, for it hadn't happened in a long time, and the gossip grapevine had told them there were almost a hundred to die.

The gossip grapevine was saying there were grain fleets on the way from Asia, thanks to Gaius Marius.

And then it happened, perhaps because the gossip grapevine was in its usual splendid working order, and the word had sparkled up and down its tendrils with the speed of sunbeams.

They knew that their parents would not be especially worried; while they were out of range for their suit radios, they had reported in by the gossip grapevine earlier.

And on the gossip grapevine, which thrived t was t even in these frigid temperatures, the rumor that his arres imminent quickly gained momentum and strength.

And ... according to rumors that filtered up through the gossip grapevine ... there was something about an under-the-table demand for some appearance money for some of the bigger names.

Some curators learned of the painting on the gossip grapevine and called him.

Houma and the bayou region were a vast network of gossip grapevines.

Knowing that the gossip grapevine would convey the news of his daughter's arrival to Caesar, Servilia made no attempt to get in touch with him.