Witness in a sentence as a noun

This is how currency works; we've just been witness to one of the darker parts.

If it turns out that the DHS has sabotaged a witness, that will go against the government’s case.

A reader could be excused for having concerns that the author was not an objective witness.

Last April they set up a webcam so that anyone could watch and try to be the first person ever to witness the drop fall live.

"She turned to me and abruptly said that I was not needed as a witness and should leave immediately.

I want a witness from Homeland Security who can testify to what has happened.

Witness in a sentence as a verb

Whooops, now that data is at Amazon. Imagine a police worker, seaching for email with witness details.

Aren't there already systems that are supposed to handle discrimination, in private, so that we don't have to witness it being discussed firsthand?

Consider that people have been convicted of serious offenses such as rape and ****** based on the testimony of a single eye witness.

Some folks will know, and some folks will think they know, but having been high enough in the food chain to directly witness some executive shifts like this first hand, and to see how they got spun to the public and to others.

And the rules for evidence, "scientific" testimony, and witness reports are archaic, convoluted, and based on nothing resembling scientific or rational rigor.

I've been studying sightings and evidence as a hobby for many years, and based on credible eye-witness testimony I'm comfortably convinced that the United States government knows a lot more about intermittent atmospheric phenomenon than they are letting on.

Witness definitions

noun

someone who sees an event and reports what happened

See also: witnesser informant

noun

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"

See also: spectator viewer watcher looker

noun

testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

noun

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

See also: attestant attestor attestator

noun

(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

verb

be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

verb

perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

See also: find