Recent Examples on the Web

Stay to see Veronica Cartwright's uptight rumormonger vomit her weight in cherry stones. Clark Collis, EW.com, "The 10 best witch movies," 1 May 2020

People who complained about food prices and empty stomachs were dismissed as liars and rumormongers. New York Times, "In Coronavirus Fight, China’s Vulnerable Fall Through the Cracks," 10 Mar. 2020

The reliable Apple rumormonger and analyst said Apple is planning to produce tens of millions of AirTag units by the end of the year. Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Apple course corrects for the coronavirus to keep its next iPhones on track," 22 Feb. 2020

But the rumormongers were clever, insisting that for three years the Beatles had offered clues in their albums about McCartney’s demise and replacement. oregonlive, "Paul McCartney’s death shocked the Beatle 50 years ago, but he figured he ‘would be the last to know’ of his demise," 24 Sep. 2019

The Source: Anonymous rumormongers talking to reputable fan sites Probability of Accuracy: This feels like a trap. Wired, "Cantina Talk: Is This the Opening Sequence of Rise of Skywalker?," 23 Sep. 2019

But one piece of information that's been less consistently bandied by rumormongers is what, precisely, Apple plans to call its next-gen smartphones. Lisa Eadicicco, Time, "What Will Apple's New iPhone Be Called? We Rounded Up the Possible Names," 5 Sep. 2017

That’s the theory of various rumormongers, who have grabbed images of a butt-ugly smartphone prototype claimed to be the first incarnation of Android. David Becker, WIRED, "Googlephone Ready for February Debut?," 27 Dec. 2007

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rumormonger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.