was testifying
- past progressive of testify.
Example Sentences
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Meta employees were asked to take them off at a trial where Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was testifying earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“We’ve all said that he was testifying and we didn’t see a crime,” said Tillis.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Long Beach police Officer Robert Cruz on Monday was testifying in the trial and made a brief mention of hearing about a Monterey Park officer in the case, but was cut off by Deputy Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s a question that completely flummoxed Michael Glasheen, the FBI’s branch and operations director, last week when he was testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Terryl noticed that, while she was testifying and even before it, the committee members had seemed to be only half listening; a couple, she noticed, were even texting, playing with their phones.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
