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.

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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.
CNN, I don't want to see you plumbing the depths of your counterintuition on your website, or lending credence to the notion that the gutless mopes in their cars, shrieking racial slurs at the images of children have an interesting point of view that we should "hear out" because of the need to be "balanced. Arizona Elementary School Will Whiten The Faces Of Its Own Students On A Mural Because Some Racists Yelled At It
His winsome hangers-on leant credence to his kingly claims.
Reuters New York Giants players Still, the schedule lends credence to Coughlin's insistence that there's no trend to his teams' second-half swoons, just coincidence, and that maybe there's something a tad pat in the idea of an inevitable Giants "collapse. A Study in Second Halves
Unfortunately for football-haters like me and some of my friends, last night the charge that football has saturation coverage on modern television does have some credence.
Epstein says equal credence should be given to self-examination in combination with medical examinations.
This lends credence to the theory that one channels the powers beyond when writing, because really, I don't think I could seriously write that.
That's a problem, because the credentials of professionals lend credence to their beliefs, however outrageous.
Their battered condition lends credence to the story, for why else would they have been saved, if not for their association with the martyred slave?
I would like to thank Coleman for giving this article credence by taking the time to review and comment on this article.
Analysis of some of its images of very distant supernovae is giving credence to the idea of dark energy, and that it’s been around a long time, exerting its repulsive force between objects for that entire period. We Don’t Know Everything Yet « Hyperpat’s HyperDay
Meanwhile, cytological work had also added credence to the materiality of genes-on-chromosomes. Gene
But the credence of his claims was reinforced by the fact that the Brockton-born battler was smaller in stature than most he fought.
When the government is giving you millions of dollars to show a drug is harmful, you're going to give more credence to experiments that show it is, no matter how flawed, because your career depends on it.
But those who did sport the blue and white halves displayed it in spades against Fulham to give credence to the manager Steve Kean's claims that, despite a disharmonious backdrop, team spirit remains intact. Morten Gamst Pedersen urges Blackburn to resist selling key players
It is an allegation that has gained credence from neutral observers.
Fourth, many Americans put credence in Cathay for the simple reason that they wanted to do so. The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
Y'know, I think that side-on comparison above lends greater credence to those who think motion-captured performances shouldn't qualify for acting awards, such as Oscars. VES Awards: Avatar and Up Win Almost Everything | /Film
I would tend to give him more credence if he was living in Scotland rather than being one of the London literati.
Thus if the power of the magnetic needle of turning towards the north, or the shock given by touching both sides of an electrized coated jar, was related for the first time to a philosopher, and to an ignorant person; the former would be less ready to believe them, than the latter; as he would find nothing similar in nature to compare them to, he would again and again repeat the experiment, before he would give it his entire credence; till by these repetitions it would cease to be a single fact, and would therefore gain the evidence of analogy. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
But their demands helped to muddy the waters and were given wide credence among their supporters in the United States.
Truth that is allowed to lurk uncovered becomes a malign entity for in that hidden state it allows untruth to accumulate credence and masquerade as gospel.
He will support his arguments with many stories of the wonderful instinct and percipiency displayed by his animals; all of which stories, though exceedingly marvellous, obtain implicit credence in the mind of the narrator; and only come short, in point of hyperbolical marvel, of the wonderful utterance of Tom Connor's cat, in the plain Anglo-Saxon vernacular. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter
I'm not prepared to give credence to anonymous complaints.
It is this authenticity which lends credence to a runaway plot of student revolt against authority.
The point? absolute talentless, imbecilic, people and mini, made up sections, can gain credence in large unwieldy organizations who have lost their understanding of what it is they should be doing. No, Mr Bond….. I expect you to die! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
When you have either a political or ideological bias there is a great temptation to ignore contrary facts and information as a matter of deliberate policy or because you subconsciously give them little credence.
I took the finger towel and glass cruets of water and wine to the credence table at the right of the altar and put out the bell on the step where I would be kneeling at the consecration.
Why you felt the need to plasticize her other than to give credence to my daughter ` s eating disorder, is beyond me. CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2009
Why the Republicans continue to give her credence is beyond me. Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job'
This observation lends credence to the view that the Ohio Prairie Peninsula prairies developed through migration from the west.
He deals with miracles as Renan deals with them, believing that credence in "thaumaturgy" will drop off from the human mind as credence in witchcraft has done -- that Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
In spite of the falsehoods in our press, it seems to me this last year I've never seen so many lies accepted and given credence to than in all my 56 years.
Recent reports about a chemical called acrylamide, found in carbohydrate-rich foods, may give some scientific credence to an uncooked diet.
Tacitus's remarks about the Germans not having intermarried with other tribes largely because of being cut off in their dark forests certainly gave credence to the Nazi claim that German blood was uniquely pure. Hitler's Golden Book
Their reluctance to defend themselves against specific charges lends credence to the allegations.
To emphasize relations between Forms, starting from the relation of the Good to all Forms, lends credence to the view that Plato is an epistemological holist. Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology
It was another dream of his that in recent years has gained breadth and credence with the florescence of the Montana Historical Society Press.
By not confronting its opponents' lies when and wherever uttered, it gave them credence.
The deacon rises and goes to the credence, where he takes the burse with the corporal in it, and a purificator, and goes to the altar. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
If views like his are starting to gain credence with the intellectual elites of places like Malaysia - as it seems they are - for that reason alone they merit a serious and objective response by all of us.
Do not give credence to your own feelings of omnipotence -- that the world is yours for the saving. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's?
It surprises me that economists do not give more credence to the idea of unintended consequences of geoengineering.
Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence.
But again, we are giving far greater credence to that idea every time a jury acquits another guilty man.
Do a little research about the members of the Beecher clan and see how the historical information available lends credence (or contradicts) the fictional accounts given in Harriet and Isabella. Harriet and Isabella by Patricia O'Brien: Questions
A decision from the ethics committee lends credence, just by its existence, to the moral correctness of that decision.
Because Bahamian society is small, insular and closed, it is possible for certain ideas to circulate, gain credence and become accepted as fact.
The DNA results lend credence to Hausmann's claims of innocence.
This viewpoint carries considerable credence as governments across the globe exert enormous pressure on the industry to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, while offering incentives and investment to pursue future-proof technology. Electric Dreams
In trying to negotiate we must give considerable credence to the particular problem of the most difficult areas.
And we put no credence whatever in the old myth that the vent of the tautog closes over in winter.
The Metro-North press release lends credence to her concern: customers, it says, will be "self-monitoring," though conductors will be authorized to issue something called a "shh card. NYT > Home Page
You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's?
Yet there was one rumour that appeared to have some degree of credence. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
They could give no credence to the findings of the survey.
He thought he might find someone to give credence to his tale.
On a credence on the left, you can see the cappa magna folded. A View into the Pontifical Archiepiscopal Mass in the Ambrosian Rite
The fact that this clown thinks anything that comes out of his mouth holds any credence is really just hilarious. Bush takes aim at Obama policies
And this idea has become so ingrained in the American mind that it will be difficult to gain credence for the assertion that the terms constitutionalism and absolutism represent the forces or systems which, have really been antagonistic ever since Christianity began to affect and animate social and political relations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
The idea that the way in which we use our eyes early in life can affect ocular growth and refractive error is gaining scientific credence.
To this insinuation Balzac gave no credence; he naturally found it easy to believe in one more enthusiastic foreign admirer, and he was seriously troubled by the fact that the first dizain of the "Contes Drolatiques," which certainly would not satisfy his correspondent's views on the lofty mission of womanhood, was likely to appear shortly. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings
Finally, CNN gives a positive view about Governor Palin credence in a Political Ticker story! First on the Ticker: Bush, Palin aide disputes book claims
Towards the end of the tape the sound of breaking glass and crockery lends credence to the theory that passengers rushed the aisle with the food trolley.
Accurate identification and quantification of these factors will certainly give more credence to results of empirical research.
But seriously, there is credence in the belief that we fear what we do not know.
The demonstrated fact that material does travel from one planet to another lends credence to the hypothesis.
The picture is also jumpy and unfocused at times, which also lends credence to the high-resolution argument.
Alternative medicine has been gaining credence in recent years.
You truly are the geniuses that give this site any credence and prominence
And also, it gives more credence to these flacks essentially.
Trying to give credence to the notion that it was somehow a success seems as counterproductive as it is wrong.
Historical evidence lends credence to his theory.
These articles are in the millions, and credence is just a short distance behind. What's going on in M�xico?
The doctrine of reincarnation is one of the world's most popular religious beliefs, and one which has also found credence with many in the West, along with the what goes around comes around belief in Karma.
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
The Church of S. Theodora originally belonged to a monastery; large cisterns found in the vicinity give credence to this theory.
This lends credence to the mother's position that the policy was there for the financial security of the mother and children rather than anything else.
The lack of an extension for Scott lends credence to those rumors.
And naturally that would have predisposed her to put credence in Jasper Flodge's dirty story. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
The record of systemic abuse of the program lends credence to claims that the oil-ministry list is genuine and should be investigated.
What empirical evidence is there that might persuade us to give credence to this sharp and absolute distinction?
The adage that ‘education is the lifeblood of a cooperative’ has always had credence and it continues to ring true today.
The name of the place also lends credence to his theory.
They should not give credence to any self-prophecy with built-in ulterior motives.
No credence can be given to any genuine humanitarian concern from Paris or London.
The market economy that devoid credence supports is a disorder necessarily.
Whether or not people choose to give it credence is up to them – but who are you to declare it out of bounds? Matthew Yglesias » Harold Ford Goes Negative . . . on Eleanor Roosevelt
Only much later did the notion gain credence that sex segregation allowed women to develop self-esteem so that they could effectively compete with men. Balkinization
So when politicians lie, and honest people in the debate try to "explain" why the lie is a lie, we then give credence to the lie by providing the details! How to spot a liar (Jack Bog's Blog)
The worldview of the society around us is deistic at best and we follow our culture in not giving too much credence to speculations about demons or spirits.
And naturally that would have predisposed her to put credence in Jasper Flodge's dirty story. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
But in every other way, this particular pontificate has been very much a pontificate that has given great respect and credence to women, and has built their participation into the structures.
Techniques that can not readily be proven analytically are unlikely to gain much engineering credence.
Adhering to the rule of law even in adversity is what lends us credence and is the real reason to be proud of who and what we are as a nation – we’d be wise to remember that. Think Progress » Lott: Supreme Court Decision Is ‘Ridiculous and Outrageous,’ Has Our Enemies ‘Laughing At Us’
As a wry aside: The Heretic, if you place any credence in astrology, is most likely a Libra. Critique From HereNow
_bears off a credent bulk_ F4. _bears off all credence_ Pope. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
The decibel level inside the Post newsroom gave the rumor credence far beyond idle chatter.
Archaeological discoveries not only provide evidence for the antiquity of this masking tradition, but also add credence to a Niger Delta origin.
Anecdotes about psychokinesis and clairvoyance are given more credence than experimental results questioning these effects.
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
This is the worst case of clownism I've ever heard of, I give no credence to so called coulrophobia it's just an easy excuse for down right prejudice. British Blogs
New studies lend credence to this interpretation by suggesting that the abundance of grass phytoliths in sediment pushes the spread of grasslands back 10 Myr before the increase in taxa with hypsodont teeth.
The idea might seem ludicrous but it's gaining credence among some very bright people.
The DNA results lend credence to Hausmann's claims of innocence.
You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's? RIOT
I attach little credence to what she says.
Alternative medicine has been gaining credence in recent years.
In fact, scholarly research lends credence to the observational accounts of the mainstream news media and the conventional wisdom of partisan practitioners.
As we have already seen, the early thermodynamicists like Maxwell and Boltzmann implicitly gave credence to the atomic idea by treating gases as though they were mechanical systems of microscopic masses.
The one thing I do take as a silver lining from this fringe fiasco is the fact that the longer a media outlet gives credence to this garbage, the less credibility it has in my view, and I needn't waste my time paying attention to them in the future. Monday Moratorium #1: The Birthers
It almost lends credence to the prosecution's case.
But the government should not give credence to them by enacting legislation which says that Islam is tickety-boo and thus demanding of our respect. We should not absolve Islam of the crimes committed in its name
It was Miller who clearly placed far too much credence in unreliable sources, and then credulously used dubious administration officials to confirm what she was told. May 2004
If true, this would not only be one of the most loco funding stories, but it gives more credence to the idea of a poker bubble, in which everyone and their mother is either playing poker or launching some kind of poker venture.
This concept held some credence, especially among paleontologists, until the modern evolutionary synthesis was established in the 1940s.
I give little credence in presuming the human practice of organizing thought processes as providing insight into the ultimate reality (Who knows the Truth?). Blurring the Line
The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
“He may be right,” said Sir Archibald, “for here is a slip of parchment, commending the bearer of this carcanet to the Duke, desiring him to accept it as a true token from one well known to him, and to give the bearer full credence in all that be should say on the part of there by whom he is sent.” Anne of Geierstein
he gave credence to the gossip
Their strategy was bold and assumptive, and gave little credence to the governor's spiteful nature. LaVar Young: NJ's Budget: A Political Game With Dire Consequences
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
Even if the original source corrects themselves, the ‘fact’ can gain credence simply by being said in many places. Google Maps Tells Us What’s Here
The fact that the association between identity and support was actually stronger for boys than for girls lends credence to this hypothesis.
Opponents certainly give little credence to these reports, in part because they know their own lists usually include some fiction.
Perhaps -- he hoped so devoutly at that moment -- he gave too much credence to Aubrey's efficiency. THE LAST RAVEN
I do not believe that any large proportion of Englishmen are actual disbelievers, who reject Christianity as unworthy of credence, or attach themselves to any of the innumerable varieties of deistical and pantheistical schools. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
And so I didn't trust emotion, or give it much credence.
I took the finger towel and glass cruets of water and wine to the credence table at the right of the altar and put out the bell on the step where I would be kneeling at the consecration.
These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.
Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence.
Calandrino, like a simpleton as he was, hearing Maso tell all this with an assured air and without laughing, gave such credence thereto as can be given to whatsoever verity is most manifest and so, holding it for truth, said, 'That is overfar for my money; though, were it nearer, I tell thee aright I would go thither with thee once upon a time, if but to see the maccaroni come tumbling headlong down and take my fill thereof. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
As a people we seem determined to lend credence to the outsiders image of us as a nation of freewheeling boozers with a sizeable streak of irresponsibility in our make-up.
The sin that you commit is to give this ‘mentality’ credence by reducing it solely to white racism.
Historical evidence lends credence to his theory.
And this tired CPO will be dragging his tuches into work from the ‘burbs past the homes of drowsing Montgomery County children who once again lend credence to the notion that they are constructed entirely of tissue paper. Snowpacolypse. Meh. « The Blog at 16th and Q
Diehard (the band) sling out great, buzzy songs, and couple them with the kind of winsome lyrics that lend credence to the idea that everything's going to be all right. Artrocker
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
The research lends credence to the notion that common bacterial infections might play a role in determining who is stricken with the debilitating neurological disorder.
Dr. Nolan said the antiquity of the family alone gives the book credence.
And since the political media on cable was so smack dabbity dab AWESOME at telling us how many problems the Obama campaign faced, with women, Latinos, white working men, the Clintons, on and on and on, we should really really give this a boatload of credence. Fineman: Obama And Durbin Want Lieberman To Stay As Homeland Security Chair
The existence of palm leaf libraries lends credence to the proletariat nature of ancient Oriya literature.
Marx haunt capital theory basically includes haunt capital is total theory, capitalist credence is talked, fictitious capital is talked, credit system consequence talks 4 big logistic connotation.
His ideas have been twisted into evolutionary psychology, a pseudo-science which is given surprising credence.
CNN, I don't want to see you plumbing the depths of your counterintuition on your website, or lending credence to the notion that the gutless mopes in their cars, shrieking racial slurs at the images of children have an interesting point of view that we should "hear out" because of the need to be FAZED
The fact that tutorial utilization resulted in even higher examination scores lends credence to their usefulness as a learning tool.
Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis. About: Blinded by Science
Tiny tricolored flowers rise above the basal foliage, lending credence to its more common name, “Fairy Wings.” Epimedium ‘Orange Queen’ — put it on your shopping list « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
Though racily told, at times the plot stretches credence as well as patience.
The very fact that I visit this site and read these articles lends credence to the assumption that I do find useful and true ideas here.
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
In an era when the term "sustainability" is increasingly cast as mere jargon, it is worth noting a sincere and authentic application of family, business and building which gives credence to the term. Charles R. Wolfe: Sustainability and Authenticity, Personified
The closest things are some other halogenated pyrroles found in some marine bacteria, lending credence to the theory that this is a biogenic material.
It's hard to give much credence to Zuckerman's claims that these groups are "disillusioned" and have "lost confidence," since there's no evidence they had illusions or confidence about Obama in the first place. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Mort Zuckerman Is Not Incompetent

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