Example sentences for: witnessed

How can you use “witnessed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The latter reminds me of an exchange I once witnessed.

  • The last decade has witnessed a spate of public atonement.

  • Finally, when he learns that Judy has been murdered, he can barely breathe, his anguish seems nearly unendurable, but it's only a momentary spasm, he regains his soulless equanimity, and as he quietly intones his last lines--"The greatest pleasure in life [is] the sweet, ever-changing caress of an early evening breeze"--we realize we've witnessed the exquisitely ironic fusion of elegy and despair, the inseparable linking of a brilliant text and a superb performance.

  • With these goals in mind, the last five years have witnessed a dramatic increase in BMI-related studies in academic institutions around the world.

  • Dialect differences can cause strife and disharmony, as can be witnessed in the contemporary dispute over the decision by a California school district to use Ebonics as a vehicle to teach Standard English.


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