How to Use (give) witness to in a Sentence

(give) witness to

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  • Hicks was the first witness to display such strong emotions on the stand.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
  • Because when somebody bears witness to you, that is just a huge piece of their healing.
    — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • Kristen Clarke lied to Congress under oath, the senators claim, and then manipulated a witness to conceal the felony.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 15 July 2024
  • One of the people who had a gun told the witness to get out of the car and get on the ground.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Johnson, the law firm staffer, was the first witness to take the stand Wednesday.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The shooting was witnessed by the couple’s adult son, the only witness to the killing.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • His life bore witness to the importance of the Sabbath.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Even the Hot 100 bears witness to the exclusion of Latin music.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Red Right 88 and the Drive — Andersen bore witness to those pain points, too.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • We’re forced to pay witness to the POV of a hunter, that entity we were once supposed to hate (and kill).
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Jacqueline Charles has been a witness to Haiti’s pain and triumphs.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • Police spoke with the homeowner and a witness to the attack.
    — cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The only witness to the death was the couple’s 11-year-old blind son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner).
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2024
  • If there was a perfect place to bear witness to such a historic moment, this had to be on the shortlist.
    — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • These expressions bear witness to the indomitable will to survive, to thrive, to be free.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
  • The allegation was dropped when a witness to the incident failed to show up for a court date.
    — Christopher Weaver, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Like Cassie Workman, Daniel is bearing witness to something few can bear to look at.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
  • It is believed that many Christians keep the ashes on their forehead throughout the day as a witness to their faith.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps the rocks are a witness to the era’s waning days, a time when ice sheets had already begun to retreat, Dehler says.
    — Byadam Mann, science.org, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Inside, the faucets and washbasins that adorn each room still bear witness to its past existence.
    — April Clare Welsh, SPIN, 3 July 2024
  • Holmes bore witness to it in 2018, when Janet Jackson went on with the show just days after her father’s passing.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 June 2024
  • The pair then began to walk from the coastline toward the parking lot, where Iqbal told at least one witness to call 911, per the affidavit.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Trump fraud trial updates The first witness to testify as part of the defense case, Trump Jr.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Bankman-Fried takes the stand The last witness to take the stand was Bankman-Fried himself, testifying in his own defense across three days.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • As with so many landmarks in the city of Rome, the building it’s housed in has borne witness to many millennia of history.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 June 2023
  • His defense team did not bring a single witness to the stand and instead went straight to closing statements.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Every spring and summer the island of Skokholm in the Celtic Sea is witness to one of the greatest wildlife gatherings in Britain with the return of a huge flock of puffins.
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
  • One of those organizations was able to provide us with the names of the young migrant shot dead at Al Mabani and of a witness to the killing.
    — Longreads, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With Danvers as a witness to the crime, and Hank pointing the gun at her, the situation looks dire when Peter walks in with his gun drawn.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But those two guns, McDonald asked the witness to explain, could not fire as many bullets as the murder weapon.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024

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