Example Sentences

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He didn’t realize that what he had been witnessing — the art making, dancing — could be considered protesting.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2020

“My whole life had been witnessing failed marriages, but I saw how important it was to Barbara and that it would be easier for the family if we were legally wed,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018

And then she absolutely ripped her tee shot with the same gloriously smooth tempo I had been witnessing for years, sending her 4-wood -- which she normally hits about 225 yards -- about 255 yards.

From Golf Digest • May 20, 2013

Sitting Bull, who with a few other chiefs had been witnessing the hellish performance with grave impassiveness, must have read his thoughts.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

Juliet now stood in scarcely less dismay than she had been witnessing all around her; panic-struck to find herself in the power of a person whose character was so wantonly tyrannic and irascible.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny