bad news travels fast
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
Bad news circulates quickly because people often circulate it everywhere.
Example Sentences
- "After all, reorganizations, personnel changes, new policies on subjects such as travel and expense reports, are everyday occurrences, but the rumor that the Vice President of Sales has a son at college who was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, aha! That is another matter. That is news! Once put out on the grapevine, it will travel with blinding speed around the circuit. Bad news travels fast."
- "Bad news travels fast, especially when it travels by satellite. I had picked up the receiver with a sense of dread. I expected to hear on the other end an obscene caller, a local news person looking for fresh dirt, a concerned but nosy friend."
- "In small towns, as the saying goes, bad news travels fast. St. Charles, Idaho was no exception. Recent going's on eventually makes their way to people one might not expect."