How to Use credence in a Sentence

credence

noun
Definition of credencenext
Synonyms for credencenext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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