testify
verb (used without object)
to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
has been testifying
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present perfect progressiveof testify (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He has been testifying as a defendant in his trial since last December while Israel has been at war, and hasn’t been convicted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Dr. Mitchell has been testifying in pretrial hearings in the death penalty cases at Guantánamo Bay since 2020 and never mentioned it before.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Milchan, 78, has been testifying by videoconference from Brighton, England, which is near where he is based.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
For three days, Johnny Depp has been testifying in a libel trial that, at least in theory, is about whether Amber Heard defamed him in a 2018 newspaper op-ed.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
His most high-profile work in the past decade has been testifying to the abuses of British tabloids as part of the Leveson inquiry.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2018
