Example Sentences

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She claimed to detectives that Lady Eleanor Donaldson had witnessed it and walked away.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

When he saw the comet return, he reportedly realized he had witnessed the same object decades earlier in 989.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Dr. Anna Morad, a pediatrician at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, said she had witnessed a gradual rise in families refusing vitamin K leading up to the hospitalizations.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

I made a judgment call based on information we obtained from the hotel, events I had witnessed in the days prior and the heightened overall security risk of our location.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, residents of Cape Town who had witnessed what had taken place succeeded in sending a rescue line from the shore to the ship.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler