credence

How To Use credence In A Sentence

• Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some credence to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
• So, offering up a suggestion of biological causation of differences is never value-free a cigar is _never_ just a cigar and gives the supposed difference _way_ more credence than it ever deserves. Guest post by Mary Schweitzer
• It also lends credence to the notion that the availability of gambling opportunities is correlated positively with the incidence of problem and pathological gambling behaviors.
• One simple reason is that giving credence to honest reports can open the door to malicious slanders of every kind.
• The daft thing about how the bBC protects muslims and the like by keeping stum is in doing so they give credence to the likes of the BNP. I knew I would be writing this post.
• As I pointed out in an earlier post, after journalist Jill Carroll was released late last week Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz wrongheadedly questioned her first interview, which was taped by Iraqis before she was handed over to U.S. forces, and lent credence to the idea that she was too sympathetic to Arab causes, thereby making her somehow anti-American. Eric J. Weiner: Someone Send Howard Kurtz to a War Zone Immediately
• It is painful to watch him displaying credentials that no longer carry much credence.
• Nevertheless, the idea has survived, gaining credence even in official circles, and continues to be invoked in any discussion, official or otherwise, of the future of the Egyptian theatre.
• Even the most seasoned pol has to gape in stunned disbelief that John McCain, the one-time presidential candidate, is willing to give credence to made-up claims about "death panels. Douthat: It's The Party's Fault
• Martin Luther King's words gained credence from his actions.