1.   And his extrajudicial comments disparaging Microsoft and its officers lent an air of bias to his action against the company.

2.   His fine linen shirt lent an air of truth to his words.

3.   The strange music lends an air of mystery to the movie.

4.   Her use of old-fashioned language lends an air of formality to her writing.

5.   And, in part bowing to his tremendous name recognition, they quickly rallied around Bush, in the hopes of lending an air of inevitability to his nomination.

6.   As the movie progresses, the main character becomes desperate to break out of his dreams, which also lends an air of urgency.

7.   As the key character, her giddy performance lends an air of absolute silliness to the rather serious proceedings.

8.   A courtly, urbane man, with charm to spare, Bastis lent an air of sophistication to his restaurants simply by standing in them.

9.   But organizers say the convention center will lend an air of intimacy to the proceedings.

10.   Elegant cut-paper illustrations by Sogabe, a Japanese-born artist who lives in Bellevue, lend an air of classic beauty.