How to Use witness stand in a Sentence

witness stand

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  • But the girl, who was 12 at the time of the trial, took the witness stand.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The bailiff reached over the witness stand to push the barrel toward the floor.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
  • One of the men, Beau Ryan, 63, read his statement from the witness stand.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Malachi’s mother took the witness stand last week in D.C.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Why not fess up, take the witness stand, hire Pauline to defend her, and reap the fame that ensues?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
  • He is scheduled to be back on the witness stand Tuesday.
    — Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
  • Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Weinstein's lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Lanez, who chose not to take the witness stand during the trial, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Both Ta and Mgdesyan accused the other side of failing to put the driver, Jauquan Smith, on the witness stand.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Stephens said the Mirror might have assumed that Harry would be a bit slow on the witness stand.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • After about four hours on the witness stand, Trump was dismissed.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • She’s expected to spend much of Friday on the witness stand.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This may be the only time Trump is actually is on the witness stand over the next year.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Hope Hicks spent nearly three hours on the witness stand, at one point breaking down in tears.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 May 2024
  • Pines attorney Chris Stearns grilled Scott on the witness stand.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
  • Soon enough, Ivanka was on the witness stand, once again in the thankless role of cleaning up her father’s mess.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Scarlett Lewis was also called to the witness stand Tuesday.
    — Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Anyway, the star witness arrived and with a flourish landed in the witness stand.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But whether any of them will actually hit the witness stand remains to be seen.
    — Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Long stretches of silence came ahead of most of Carl Brewer’s answers from the witness stand.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
  • Fox was trying to block Dominion from having the Murdochs on the witness stand.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Carroll will be back on the witness stand today, but Trump won’t be in attendance this time.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • On the witness stand Monday, Zion testified Jefferson held the gun at her hip and did not raise it.
    — Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The secret meeting on the morning of Monday, June 10, led into Copeland’s return to the witness stand.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
  • Meanwhile, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows took the witness stand for five hours in his bid to move the case to federal court.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Next year, the prosecution is expected to wrap up its side of the hearings, and Netanyahu will be called to take the witness stand.
    — Ruth Margalit, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The sister was never called to the witness stand during Wilson's trial.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Still unknown is whether Baldwin will let those comments stand as his last word on the subject, or feel the need to add further explanation on the witness stand, which would expose him to cross examination.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 July 2024

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