11.   Gail refers to it as a burnt offering rather than an entree, which lends an air of covert significance to an otherwise mundane dish.

12.   Krasheninnikov apparently traveled to the meeting under the protection of Russian troops, lending the air of an official endorsement to the session.

13.   My hair just would not behave, so the cap took care of that problem and lent an air of mystery to my persona.

14.   Note here how the simple addition of a time element lends an air of believability and certainty to this undertaking.

15.   On my father, heavy, smoke-black eyebrows suggested strong character and lent an air of mystery.

16.   She is the key character, and her giddy performance lends an air of absolute silliness to the rather serious proceedings.

17.   So many stones lend an air of timelessness in this cold gray season.

18.   Tall and handsome, with a mellifluous voice, Newland lent an air of authority to the series as its host and as an actor.

19.   The destroyed trees lent an air of Old Testament wrath to the two-month-old struggle between Israelis and Palestinians.

20.   The president was joined at Augusta State University by Sen. Paul Coverdell, a Georgia Republican, who lent an air of bipartisanship to the event.