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How to use eyewitness in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Eyewitness means someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it. Example: “And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.”

Examples of eyewitness by meaning

nounSomeone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

  • And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.1915, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan
  • The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed.1960 September, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522
  • There was no eyewitness report or independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa that was also reported by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television network.2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters

More sentences with eyewitness

  • Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency heart massage to at least one of the injured.2017 June 18, Gregory Katz, “1 Dead, 10 Hurt in Crash near Mosque Suspected as Terrorism”, in The Associated Press, The Associated Press…. From the entry heart massage
  • Sparks suddenly had seen the light and Frick and Frack had their eyewitness identification.1988, Denny McLain, Mike Nahrstedt, Strikeout: the story of Denny McLain, page 185. From the entry Frick and Frack
  • Eyewitnesses could feel the intense heat from the fireball, and the blast wave from the explosion blew out windows in buildings.2018, Samuel J. Lin, Jeff Sanny, William Moebs, University Physics Volume 1 LR, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry superbolide
  • 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
  • Details were recorded by an eyewitness, L.2016 April 2, Jason Wordie, “The big chill in Hong Kong: how 2016 compares to 1893, 1948”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Mount Kellett
  • “Do you know who I am?” Sacca thundered repeatedly, according to an eyewitness, a Broadway theater worker who requested anonymity.2016 May 22, Melkorka Licea, “Billionaire throws tantrum over counterfeit ‘Hamilton’ tickets”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News…. From the entry flap one's jaws
  • The finding attains significance as it suggests that eyewitness accounts of crimes can be untrustworthier than earlier believed.2011 January 26, ANI [Asian News International], “Eyewitness accounts aren't as reliable as previously thought”, in Yahoo! News, published…. From the entry untrustworthier
  • Reinterpreting early eyewitness accounts and visual records, Gammage enables the reader to ‘see’ what was once invisible: a land intentionally shaped by skilful pyrocultural interventions.2020, Jeremy Walker, More Heat Then Life: The Tangled Roots of Ecology, Energy and Economics, page 61. From the entry pyrocultural
  • However, truth and lies can usually be confirmed or denied by speaking with eyewitnesses of events in order to verify what took place.2014, Greg[ory J.] Monette, The Wrong Jesus: Fact, Belief, Legend, Truth ... Making Sense of What You’ve Heard, Colorado Springs, Colo.…. From the entry broadcast
  • There were as many as one hundred thousand benefices offered during the period of his papacy, according to one chronicler and eyewitness.2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 94. From the entry benefice
  • Possibly the most famous warblogger was the Baghad architect, Salam Pax, who logged on regularly to provide eyewitness reports on the bombing of his city.2005, Graeme Turner, Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia, page 138. From the entry warblogger
  • Compared with eyewitness testimony very little research has been conducted on the accuracy of ‘earwitness’ testimony, the identification of an individual by voice.2001, Diana Dwyer, “Witness Testimony”, in Angles on Criminal Psychology (Angles on Psychology Series), Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN…. From the entry earwitness
  • The “Twitterverse” was alive with eyewitness accounts, but CNN was silent about the disputed election and those coming out to support the Iranian presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.2010, Yahya Kamalipour, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. From the entry -verse
  • The evidence against him consisted of two jailhouse informers and an eyewitness who picked him out of a lineup after having identified a different man in an initial photo array.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order. From the entry deadlock
  • Our language is shot through with expressions that point to this visual primacy: when we need to discover the facts about a crime we seek an eyewitness, not an earwitness.1987 March, David F. Armstrong, “Word, Sign And Object”, in Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, volume 77, number 1, →JSTOR…. From the entry nosewitness

Meaning of eyewitness

  1. noun Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
  2. verb To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.

Full definition of eyewitness

Questions about eyewitness in a sentence

How do you use eyewitness in a sentence?
Eyewitness is used as a noun and verb. For example: “And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.”
What is a short sentence with eyewitness?
“Details were recorded by an eyewitness, L.”
What does eyewitness mean?
Eyewitness means someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

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