bear witness

idiom

1

: to show that something exists or is true

—+ to

His success bears witness to the value of hard work.

Rising ticket sales bear witness to the band's popularity.

2

formal : to make a statement saying that one saw or knows something

asked to bear witness to the facts

She was accused of bearing false witness at the trial.

Examples of bear witness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Donald Trump takes his oath of office to become the 47th President of the United States and begin his second tenure, politicians, the Trump clan, tech titans et al have arrived at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. to bear witness. —Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025

Every day visual journalists bear witness to the people in our communities and their stories. —The Pham, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025

There is, quite literally, no time to waste to bear witness to Alaska’s endangered glacial world. —Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025

All his work encourages viewers to bear witness to both the joy and the tragedy from the eyes of someone else. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024