set tongues wagging

Hearing just how important they were set tongues wagging.

These are times that set tongues wagging like the tails of excited dogs.

If Harry had any doubts that he'd set tongues wagging, they were laid to rest quickly.

News of a man killed by the police would set tongues wagging in certain kinds of society on any planet.

They set tongues wagging in a tightly knit and immensely powerful circle.

It was just strong enough to be sensed and set tongues wagging and animals protesting.

I won't set tongues wagging by sending them back."

And yet the continuing delays set tongues wagging.

That would set tongues wagging and draw eyes like flies to a midden."

The recall set tongues wagging on Wall Street.

"Even the rumor of gold, let alone the sight of it, will set tongues wagging here.

Ready to set tongues wagging?

Ms. Kidman's illusion top, with its suggestion of nudity, set tongues wagging well into the next day.

The unusual comings and goings set tongues wagging, as Scaurus had known they would.

'Nay, a body of troops marching out would set tongues wagging,' said Reuben.

Back in 1927, the Bauhaus-inspired Weissenhof estate also set tongues wagging.

"Envy does set tongues wagging, sir."

"They won't talk about Abell or me," he said, "but you three will set tongues wagging with the best will in the world."

This earns him the reputation of a "card" (a "character", someone able to set tongues wagging) - a reputation he is determined to cement.

But the Chicago City Ballet's downfall was also caused by a power struggle within the troupe that set tongues wagging in the arts community.

It was stuff that set tongues wagging and had those who dislike Sullivan & Cromwell smiling ear to ear.

But it is the billionaire's intention to site a branch of Moscow's Centre of Contemporary Art on the island that has set tongues wagging.

Treated much like a soap opera by the local press, the melodrama has set tongues wagging and heads shaking here in a mixture of delight and disapproval.

It's simply that these old women - whether fat, thin or in between - retain an aura of sensuality that probably set tongues wagging when they were younger.

This sets tongues wagging and finally when Sita arrives, that too with a child in her hand, she finds that life has changed a lot for her.