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How to use witness in a sentence

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But when this witness began to act out in antisocial ways, his mother sent him off to foster care.
Politically, witness the increasing popularity of affirmative action based on class rather than race.
One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
And as a biracial man, he can bear witness to another aspect of the debate.
But did The Hague just witness the emergence of a new bloc to bloc rivalry, triggered by events in the Ukraine?
In Kassel, facing the grand Orangerie palace, Durant's bare-bones structure seems to bear witness to power gone wrong.
For James, journalism was bearing witness, especially when it comes to frontline coverage.
Smeaton is considered to be the first expert witness to appear in an English court.
The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
The listed mine complex of Grand Hornu is a witness of the region's history.
These Friends believe these principles and practices testify to, witness to, or provide evidence for God's truth.
Since its founding in 1970, Greenpeace has borne witness against environmental injustice through numerous non-violent direct actions.
The witness was able to provide a very general description of the thief.
Meandering through topics with an adverse witness is unlikely to produce helpful answers.
Then, after the usual Quaker custom, everyone present signed the marriage lines as a witness.
Since that time, however, the manuscript has crumbled further, making these transcripts a prized witness to the text.
Nor do the formation and articulation of such knowledge themselves bear much witness to Geist.
Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
Thus, failing to rescue a drowning child counts as a harmful act, as does failing to pay taxes, or failing to appear as a witness in court.
This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity.
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Examples from Classical Literature
I will adduce an example which will clear up my meaning, and will be a sort of witness to my words.
Thence this witness discovered the mountains of Caria, 156 and other land further on.
Had you rather witness the sports of the gymnasia than the works of artists?
He affixes his signature, and declares that he is forty years old, and competent to act as a witness.
Is it that thou mayest witness the insolence of Agamemnon, the son of Atreus?
It was an aggravation of annoyance to have her as a witness of these contretemps.
Lamar then proceeded on foot through a storm of bullets, and, untouched, rejoined Bartow in time to witness his fall.
I can bear witness to the value of her services in South Carolina and Florida.
He knows that we are an English yacht, for there are our ensign and burgee to bear witness to the fact.
A crowded, beflowered church bore witness to the fact that Darcy was still a name to be reckoned with in the community.
I was never unwelcome at their amorous battles, and the voluptuous ancilla was delighted to have me for a witness.
They do not witness the oscillation in the coinage, and the commercial disaster due to the action of bimetallic law.
A copy of Blair's speech had been shown him at the station, and I was the sole witness of his achillean wrath.
Any scene that didn't witness a couple of captures and a couple of rescues was no good.
In the caricature of Aristophanes there is also a witness to the common sentiment.
You may ride in state to the cathedral, but only to witness the crowning of bora.
Were these witnesses abridgements or did they witness to a primitive shorter version?
Mrs. Bethune, the first witness, was then examined by her counsel.
But Smith and another key witness said Wesley was there, and a jury found him guilty.
He gloated over every abhorrent adjective in the description, and identified himself with every witness at the Inquest.
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