These heavies are there to lend authority to offerings that don't have quite the weight of the evening news.

Age and his command of the elements lent him authority.

The fact that you yourself have experienced both positions relative to the dining chair lends authority to your opinion.

Young lawyers value wigs for lending them authority beyond their years.

Among other problems, this isn't a tone that lends authority to actors.

Their awe of you lent authority to the Warden, kept them together.

Like lighting, sound creates atmosphere and lends authority to the proceedings.

No doubt it is Lilly who lends such authority to my father's advice.

"I could lend authority and credibility to your questions."

Such a result, he had said, would lend fresh authority to revolutionary struggle.