'witness' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'witness' with 20 example sentences.
- witness noun
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: 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
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: 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.