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
• Improving from Year 1 to Year 2 for Thomas would give credence to the bold claim.
  — John Roach, NOLA.com, 5 June 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
• In one of the stranger ironies, what has given real credence to the alt-meat realm is Big Food’s arrival on the scene.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2017
• The other denials have gained no credence in the media.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 July 2018
• And then the Russian Foreign Ministry would give credence to all of it.
  — Richard Stengel, Time, 26 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Neither, though, would lend the stories credence, even when quizzed by team-mates and club staff.
  — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
• 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
• Ducks coach Randy Carlyle notes that his mantra of a 1A and 1B in their crease is widely mocked but there may be some credence to that.
  — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2017
• In the plus column are the following videos from the makers, which show the fan in action and lend credence the power claims.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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
• That fact that Tunson made his pictures decades ago lends extra credence to the work of Walker.
  — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 23 Mar. 2017
• Any future discovery of these would lend credence to Lykawka and Ito’s claim.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• An especially disconcerting issue is that whichever camp perchance speaks or writes on the matter seems to skip giving any credence to the other side.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
• Sweden has won the last three meetings, lending credence to how the rivalry is often described by Swedes, usually with a little grin, as a case of big brother against little brother.
  — Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025