Example Sentences

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"I have been witnessing miracles of healing through the years because of this act of faith."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Thousands of people have been witnessing the climax of Europe's biggest Halloween festival, in Londonderry.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Astronomers have been witnessing the ends of worlds for millennia.

From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2022

“For some time now, we have been witnessing the descent into hell of Haitian society,” the archdiocese of Port-au-Prince said in a statement in April, after Father Briand’s kidnapping.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

What is especially instructive in the events we have been witnessing for the past four years is the fact that the people have been the chief actors in the drama.

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by Lowell, James Russell