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How to use witness in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Witness means attestation of a fact or event; testimony. Example: “She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.”

Examples of witness by meaning

nounAttestation of a fact or event; testimony.

  • She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
  • We have as much witness from heaven as we need.1959, Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of holy scripture, volume 6
  • On another corner, stands an old style tenement building, whose dirty grey facade bears as much witness to the volume of exhaust fumes from millions of passing cars as it does to the age of the dwelling.1999, Nettie Becker, Paul Becker, A Comprehensive Guide for Caregivers in Day-care Settings

nounOne who sees or has personal knowledge of something.

  • As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
  • Bronsky had looked in by another door and been a witness of the last stage of the quarrel1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

nounSomeone called to give evidence in a court.

  • The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
  • From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652

nounOne who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.

  • The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.

nounA particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version).

  • Yet there are extremely few, if any, cases of preserved autographs, and textual witnesses (manuscripts) rather distant in time from the creation of the texts are the norm.2020, Alessandro Bausi, “7.5 Philological practices: Ethiopic”, in Philipp Roelli, editor, Handbook of Stemmatology: History, Methodology...

nounAn additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.

  • Automatic failover requires a witness, either a file share or a SQL Server witness (SQL Server Express may be used as a witness).2016, Vlad Catrinescu, Trevor Seward, Deploying SharePoint 2016 (page 350)

verbTo furnish proof of, to show.

  • This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.

verbTo take as evidence.

  • Witness the recent White House suicide.1993, Vicki M. Pino, “Viewpoints from our Readers after "Aprongate": Lighten up”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution

More sentences with witness

  • I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.From the entry first
  • The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.From the entry knit
  • Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.From the entry eliminate
  • If I travelled back in time to witness my own birth, would there be two mes?From the entry mes
  • The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.From the entry rehearse
  • After the incident with the potato peeler, references to potatoes became an inside joke among the witnesses.From the entry inside joke
  • Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted.From the entry tamper
  • The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.From the entry forthright
  • To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.From the entry remains
  • The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses.From the entry disappearance
  • Witness the flutter of its neck, which helps to lower the bird's body temperature.From the entry flutter
  • It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets.From the entry revealing
  • Mike had to witness his dad achieve a platinum sombrero last night.From the entry platinum sombrero
  • The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify.From the entry hatchet man
  • The witness was called in to create a photofit resembling her memory of the attacker.From the entry photofit
  • The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.From the entry explicative
  • After consulting with witnesses, the police narrowed down the suspects to those who had facial hair.From the entry narrow down
  • I write this will in the presence of the undernamed witnesses.From the entry undernamed
  • May God be my witness, I shall never disappoint you again!From the entry may God be my witness
  • It will be necessary to unredact the list that contains the witnesses' names.From the entry unredact
  • Police interrogators don't have to play fair: they are allowed to lie to or coerce a witness.From the entry play fair
  • We've put out an all-points on the car described by the witness.From the entry all-points
  • The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.From the entry minute
  • The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.From the entry accuracy
  • The jury could see he was bearing false witness.From the entry bear
  • He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.From the entry involuntary
  • The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.From the entry swear
  • The witnesses' stories agree in most details with the accused's.From the entry agree

Meaning of witness

  1. noun Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
  2. noun One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
  3. noun Someone called to give evidence in a court.

Full definition of witness

Questions about witness in a sentence

How do you use witness in a sentence?
Witness is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.”
What is a short sentence with witness?
“Witness the recent White House suicide.”
What does witness mean?
Witness means attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

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