How to Use credence in a Sentence

credence

noun

• I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip.
• The theory is gaining credence among scientists.
• How much credence should the rest of the world put in Dai’s statements?
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2018
• Last week’s 34-32 loss to Aledo, one of the best teams in the state, added credence to that idea.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2020
• Your film doesn’t seem to lend much credence to the report.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2021
• There’s no use lending heavy credence to the stat sheet or the scoreboard.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 16 July 2017
• Rogers gave some credence to that idea with a huge tackle in the spring game – the biggest hit the entire night.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 7 June 2022
• The other denials have gained no credence in the media.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 July 2018
• Trending The fact that Damian has already lost so much of his life to prison lends the kind of credence to his anger that the movie needs.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• If not, the company is one of the three major credit bureaus, and that gives it all the credence.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022
• For those who have long disagreed with the industry, the new study adds credence to their beliefs.
  — Brett Sholtis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2017
• These moments gave more credence to the nudity in the finale.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2022
• The tumultuous nature of the past year—if not longer—has given credence to the idea that change is the only constant.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• The selections lend much credence to what’s been said all along about this senior group.
  — Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
• While the end-of-year prediction by bulls may still hold true, the declines that followed lent equal credence to bears.
  — Bloomberg.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Lee himself seemed to lend credence to the inside-job theory both in the series and in the interview with the Times.
  — Chris Vognar, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
• And when risks are more palpable, people tend to give them too much credence.
  — The Economist, 9 June 2018
• For the results to gain credence, Johnson says the team will need to gather more evidence.
  — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 20 Mar. 2023
• The array of buildings discovered lends credence to the idea that this city could have played a major role in the region.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• The same goes for putting too much credence in indicators that say the risk of a recession is still very low.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 4 July 2022
• Any future discovery of these would lend credence to Lykawka and Ito’s claim.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• Gilbert says there is credence to the bad precedent argument.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
• Twitter has since removed the screenshots on behalf of the copyright holder, adding credence to the leak.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 Jan. 2022
• But a spot-check of flights roughly the same distance as trips from Charleston gives some credence to road-warrior fears.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
• But the fact that polling continues to show the same dynamic adds credence to the idea that voters are splitting their votes.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 29 July 2022
• Some hope the documents set for release will either give credence or squash them for good.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
• Women who already have credence and power and things like that.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• The loss gives skeptics more credence that Coastal Carolina had played a weak schedule and was overrated in the polls.
  — Steve Reed, ajc, 21 Oct. 2021
• The act led credence to the possibility of their love affair.
  — ELLE, 30 Mar. 2022
• On-field developments since then have lent more credence to that line of thinking.
  — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 26 June 2017

Last Updated: 4 Apr 2024