Sentence examples for loses credence from inspiring English sources

When you hear something over and over and over and it never happens, it loses credence.

Together with a growing acceptance of homosexuality as a common expression of human sexuality, long-standing beliefs about homosexuals had begun to lose credence.

That theory seems to have lost credence after last year's losses, more than $10 billion, and the sharp decline in GM's market share despite the giveaways.

Credence loses control of his Obscurus, unleashing havoc upon his surroundings.

One poster on a Reddit forum dedicated to conspiracy theories argued that Oxitec's mosquitoes may be responsible for Zika itself, a supposition that has since been lent credence for its being republished on the websites of unscrupulous national newspapers (but loses any when you consider that the company was founded more than 50 years after Zika was first discovered).

It merely gave more credence to the shibboleth that, when he wins, the country considers Murray "British"; when he loses, he's "a Scot".

Giving both sides equal credence is to lose touch with right and wrong, they contend.

With unpredictable gas prices and soul-­deadening traffic, the car has certainly lost some of its luster, lending credence to the words of an English observer: "From being the plaything of society," the car "has come to dominate society.

Having given the matter any credence at all, I acknowledge that I have "lost the battle".

"By remaining silent we lend credence to the view that we prefer to risk losing our freedom than to offend a questionable 'asset' to our party".

The biblical chapter headings and the constant presence of malevolent eyes lend credence to the idea that this is a tale of paradise lost.