1.   It lends credence to the kinds of beliefs and fears that make victims of all who hold them.

2.   The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.

3.   The fact that athletes use the term sixth sense, a synonym for ESP, lends credence to this possibility.

4.   These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.

5.   Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.

6.   Like a computer, it may lend credence to false data.

7.   Political economy and class perspectives on urban sociology lend little credence to this type of analysis.

8.   And it would lend credence to the argument that red chips need to look more like blue chips if they want to win back investors.