How to Use witness stand in a Sentence

witness stand

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  • Hunter Biden is heard in his own words Hunter Biden may never take the witness stand in his own defense -- but that did not prevent jurors from hearing his voice.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 4 June 2024
  • 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
  • Depp may be called to return to the witness stand this week as the trial winds down.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 May 2022
  • During her turn on the witness stand, Heard told her side of the story.
    — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • 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
  • When Mann returned to the witness stand, Illuzzi walked over to her.
    — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • 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
  • On the witness stand, Wade described a birthday trip to Belize as a gift from Willis.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • The middle-aged man took the witness stand and was asked to recall an afternoon 29 years ago.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • 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
  • By the afternoon, Mann had spent the better part of three days on the witness stand, and Justice Burke was eager to move on.
    — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • 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

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