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'witness' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'witness' with 20 example sentences.


witness noun

: someone who sees an event and reports what happened

: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

witness verb

: be a witness to

: perceive or be contemporaneous with


  • Have you ever been a witness in a court case?
  • You're an unreliable witness.
  • The police are questioning witnesses.
  • The lawyer cross-examined the witness.
  • The witness didn't remember.
  • An eyewitness is worth more than ten auditory witnesses.
  • Lucy witnessed a murder in the main square of Florence.
  • Did you witness the attack?
  • The policeman took down the witnesses' names.
  • Witnessing cruelty to animals, children may become cruel.
  • He was the only witness of the accident.
  • She witnessed him being killed.
  • There were no witnesses to the crime.
  • Witnesses provided detailed descriptions of the assailant.
  • The festival witnessed an unusually large attendance.
  • The witness identified the thief in the police lineup.
  • This must be signed in the presence of three witnesses.
  • Witnesses reported seeing Dan almost everywhere in the town.
  • You have the right to abstain from serving as witnesses.
  • Dan witnessed the train crash.
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