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.
• Burdette also said the rankings give credence to the town’s efforts to retain seniors who already live in town and to attract others to the area.
  — Allan Vought, The Aegis, 26 Feb. 2018
• Among the endorsees were wealthy hospital superintendents, who lent credence to Rice’s claims to help the sick rather than to punish marine workers.
  — Kate Wagner, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2018
• For every video or website or discussion about how to go about killing yourself, there are 10 with equal credence and credibility talking about why not to do it.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• But critics have denounced the plan as legalizing wage theft and accuse the administration of suppressing evidence that lends credence to the charge.
  — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018
• 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
• The Chevy’s exterior design is discreet on the street, but a snorty exhaust note and a 4.5-second sprint from zero to 60 mph lend credence to its sleeper status.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Any future discovery of these would lend credence to Lykawka and Ito’s claim.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• But there's credence to the claim that it was designed as children's entertainment.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• While some may recoil at this image or not make sense of it, Heller refuses to give these critics credence.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024