How to use attest in a sentence

Examples of attest by meaning

More sentences with attest

• Proto-Indo-European was a natlang that can only be reconstructed with the help of its attested daughter languages.From the entry natlang
• The word "slæpwerig" (sleep-weary) is attested in the Exeter Book in the form "slæpwerigne".From the entry attested
• In practice, a productive prefix yields many attested words (especially new coinages) without loss of meaning.2026 April, Olha Matviyas, Victoria Rokoshevs’ka, Yulia Leshchyshyn, “THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PREFIXES IN ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY”, in The…. From the entry productive
• Some of the attested vocalic "monotony" can be explained by means of assimilatory processes within Sardinian.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 419. From the entry assimilatory
• He still cared for the garden, though, as the tumbling spiraea and forget-me-nots in the borders attested.2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 46. From the entry spiraea
• Our chief content officer, Kate Berry, can attest to its marshmallow-iness.2022 June 29, Megan McCarty, “For All Styles and Sizes of Living Rooms, These Are the 10 Best Modular Sofas”, in Domino, Miami, Fla.…. From the entry marshmallowiness
• By contrast, the shendyt kilt is well attested on Egyptian sculptures of all periods.2021 July 19, Giorgia Cafici, The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture, BRILL, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry shendyt
• And a gathering avalanche of numbers attests to an economic disaster that is probably already upon us.2020 July 19, John Harris, “Now Britain stands at the crossroads. Will we choose dread or hope?”, in The Guardian. From the entry racing certainty
• As No Sense of Place attests, context collapse is something we can understand spatially.2019, Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, →ISBN, page 163. From the entry instantaneity
• But as Siri’s many noted missteps attest, a computer really has no idea what you’re talking about.2016 October 8, Sally Adee, “It’s just common sense”, in New Scientist, number 3094, page 22. From the entry glom on
• And as your lungs can attest, it is one of the most polluted cities in the country.2015 October 16, Matt O'Brien, “This is where China’s future will be decided.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Gansu
• What is attested by the perigraphic areas is not plot detail, but a particular visual tone.2014, Ann Miller, Bart Beaty, The French Comics Theory Reader, page 195. From the entry perigraphic
• Here, their sweat attests to labour, and their weals are caused by strong-handed grips.2006, Tamara Neal, The Wounded Hero: Non-fatal Injury in Homer's Iliad, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry strong-handed
• “Bowl-fulls really warm you up on a cold winter day,” attests Alice.2004, Jean Steiner et al., editors, Taste of Home’s Budget Suppers, Greendale, Wis.: Reiman Media Group, Inc., →ISBN, page 62, column 1. From the entry bowl-full
• At Adab a General of Guteans and an interpreter for the Gutean language are attested.2003 January 1, Claus Wilcke, Early Ancient Near Eastern Law: A History of Its Beginnings : the Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods…. From the entry Gutean
• "The Ilissos Temple is the first attested amphiprostyle temple in Greek architecture."1993, Ira S. Mark, The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens. From the entry amphiprostyle
• This is attested to also by the calendariums of Czech and Moravian codices with liturgical content.1991, JPRS Report: East Europe, page 38. From the entry calendarium
• The fourth type, quadradic solidarity, with four obligatory constituents, is not well attested.1982, Pacific Linguistics - Issue 75, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry quadradic
• Ignoring so fundamental a principle only impedes mastery and attests to slovenly unprofessionalness.1970, Leo M. Schell, “Preventing and Correcting Word Identification Problems”, in William K[irtley] Durr, editor, Reading Difficulties…. From the entry unprofessionalness
• In ancient mythology, the efficaciousness of the satyrion is attested, particularly in the case of Hercules.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 216. From the entry efficaciousness
• The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 405. From the entry geminate
• Momus is not otherwise attested as Zeus’s advisor, but in name and function he matches Apsu’s vizier Mummu.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The…. From the entry vizier
• I enjoyed many of the lagers during my week's stay and can personally attest to their highly sessionable nature.2017, Jennifer Talley, Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance, page 79. From the entry sessionable
• There may be yelps and tears and red faces, as attested by numerous anecdotal eyewitness and first-person accounts.2016, Colin Farrell, Corporal punishment in US schools, World Corporal Punishment Research. From the entry paddled
• I can attest to their efficacy – though perhaps you should try an age gap less chasmous than Cesco's.2014, David Blixt, The Prince's Doom, Sordelet Ink, →ISBN. From the entry chasmous
• This in turn leads to the somewhat more formal guideline of including a term if it is attested and idiomatic.2010, Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, Rob Flynn, Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other…. From the entry attested
• In Salish, examples of multiple applicatives are attested in Columbian, Lushootseed, Tillamook, and the three Northern Interior languages.2010, Kaoru Kiyosawa, Donna Gerdts, Salish Applicatives, page 370. From the entry applicative
• Marsian is mainly attested in a few short inscriptions from the third and second centuries bc: VM 3–7.2004, Jane Stuart-Smith, Phonetics and Philology: Sound Change in Italic, Oxford University Press, page 125. From the entry Marsian
• Musthy males do not always confine their rage to other elephants, however, as zoo keepers and white rhinos can attest.2004, Richard C. Francis, “Social Inhibitions”, in Why Men Won’t Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology, Princeton, N.J.…. From the entry musthy
• The broader manner attested at Hejiacun anticipates a style which survives into the second half of the eighth century.1995, William Watson, The Arts of China to AD 900, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 240, column 2. From the entry Harqin
• However, discordant dykes, locally disrupted in boudins, attest to both late dykes and post-crystallization movement of the carbonate rocks.1986, David P. Gold, Carbonatites, Diatremes, and Ultra-alkaline Rocks in the Oka Area, Quebec: May 22-23, 1986. From the entry boudin
• It was not, as Juan de Valdes very clearly attests, repugnant to an Erasmian Evangelical, even if he otherwise admired Luther.1985, Lucien Febvre, The problem of unbelief in the sixteenth century: the religion of Rabelais, →ISBN, page 286. From the entry Erasmian
• That this is so attests to the singlemindedness with which he would pursue goals when he thought those goals were worthwhile.1982, G. Edward White, Earl Warren: A Public Life, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry singlemindedness
• But those who can remember attest to the fact that they came in with billowing plumes of smoke in their wake.[1958 November 18 (date delivered), Harry A. Williams, “Accomplishments in Air Pollution Control by the Automobile Industry”, in…. From the entry smoke wagon
• Use of cuneiform script and predominantly Elamite as the language of the administrative records attests to the unscribal aspect of native Persian culture.2021, Bruno Jacobs, Robert Rollinger, A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire, page 1309. From the entry unscribal

Meaning of attest

1. verb To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
2. verb To certify by signature or oath.
3. verb To certify in an official capacity.

Full definition of attest

More about attest

• Meaning of attest
• Past tense of attest
• Attest in Tamil
• Attest in Urdu
• Attest in Bengali
• Attest in Malayalam

Questions about attest in a sentence

How do you use attest in a sentence?

Attest is used as a verb. For example: “When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?”

What is a short sentence with attest?

“Her fine work attested her ability.”

What does attest mean?

Attest means to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.