1.   I just heard a nasty rumor about Jill.

2.   All of a sudden, they steal your ideas as if they were theirs, or they spread nasty rumors about you, hoping to lessen your influence.

3.   He found there was more myth than substance to the nasty rumors surrounding the player.

4.   In a brief scene, Teddy and his wife, Annie, deal with a nasty marital rumor.

5.   In this case, nasty rumors were spread via instant messages and e-mail.

6.   No one hears any nasty rumors about the Yankees.

7.   Q. So the reports of bad blood between you and the Backstreet Boys are a nasty rumor?

8.   The Registration Wizard inspired all kinds of nasty rumors, including the bogus claim that Microsoft was scanning personal files in the process.

9.   There was a nasty rumor circulating that Hasek had let a kid score on him, but those who know him insist he would never permit such perfidy.

10.   Bullied workers claim they are targets of nasty rumors, arbitrary pay cuts and sometimes physical violence.