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.
  • There’s some credence to the idea.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But no one at the rodeo seemed to give that theory much credence.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • How much credence should the rest of the world put in Dai’s statements?
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2018
  • There’s no use lending heavy credence to the stat sheet or the scoreboard.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 16 July 2017
  • Lending credence to the idea that the ID.
    — New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • Neither, though, would lend the stories credence, even when quizzed by team-mates and club staff.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
  • And when risks are more palpable, people tend to give them too much credence.
    — The Economist, 9 June 2018
  • Women who already have credence and power and things like that.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The selections lend much credence to what’s been said all along about this senior group.
    — Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The hubbub gives credence to the loudest — and most on-target?
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • Gilbert says there is credence to the bad precedent argument.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • 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
  • Some hope the documents set for release will either give credence or squash them for good.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
  • On-field developments since then have lent more credence to that line of thinking.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 26 June 2017
  • For those who have long disagreed with the industry, the new study adds credence to their beliefs.
    — Brett Sholtis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2017
  • Two features, however, lend credence to the idea that the device wasn’t a hoax.
    — Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
  • These moments gave more credence to the nudity in the finale.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • That such an article was buried with the body lends more credence to the woman's social status.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • The act led credence to the possibility of their love affair.
    — ELLE, 30 Mar. 2022
  • This journey just adds to credence to the belief that the future of transportation is electric.
    — New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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