testify
verb (used without object)
to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
is testifying
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present progressiveof testify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Warsh is testifying this morning before Congress to lay out his inflation-fighting strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Gary Farro, said banker, is testifying as what is called a custodial witness, or someone who can explain for the jury critical documents in a case but had no part in the alleged crime.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2024
“A DNA expert is testifying today about scientific evidence and the public is still riveted. We’d never seen anything like a nine-month event when every day there was a revelation the public was following.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Arturo Bejar, who is testifying in front of the US Congress on Tuesday, said he thinks whistleblowing means he will not work in the industry again.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
“Bill Baxley, Alabama’s attorney general, reopened the case, and Chambliss’s own niece is testifying against him. He’s the first of the bombers to come to trial.”
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
