How to Use character witness in a Sentence

character witness

noun

• O’Neill’s brother-in-law, who was a sergeant in the National Guard at the time, and had served in Afghanistan, testified as a character witness.
  — Tom Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
• Pence joined Trump’s ticket in July 2016 as a character witness.
  — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 22 May 2017
• Adding to Judge’s anger was the fact that costar Kelly Dodd had been contacting Jim, offering to be subpoenaed as a character witness in his case.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2019
• Kim also serves as a character witness, telling Lalo that Jimmy is a man of integrity.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• Darley then called a character witness, a woman who detailed her journey to provide care for Williams, as his legal guardian.
  — Jared Boyd, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• And when Anderson asked to be released on bond, Gantt was there to serve as a character witness along with eight Georgia football players in asking for his release.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Those taking the stand include Betty’s husband, Allan Gore, sounding more like a character witness for the accused.
  — Dallas News, 10 May 2022
• As one of the city’s leading African-American pastors, Hammond makes an excellent character witness on the issue of race.
  — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Dominguez’ attorney asked that the judge set aside a full hour for his client’s sentencing hearing, as many people were expected to ask to speak on his behalf, as character witnesses.
  — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
• Jackson Richardson was a character witness for his sister.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Philonise Floyd testified as a character witness during the trial earlier this month.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2021
• Gesenhues on Monday called three character witnesses for Raake.
  — Aprile Rickert, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
• When Cohn was about to be disbarred in 1986 for defrauding his clients and for taking advantage of a dying and incompetent man, character witnesses began to emerge.
  — Dwight Garner, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2019
• Adam Hollingsworth, who gained national fame and adoration last year attending protests and community events on horseback, wanted to call Lightfoot as a character witness.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• As part of Majors’ legal team’s response to Rolling Stone’s request for comment on the abuse allegations, his attorneys sent six character witness statements from women who Majors had dated or was close with.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• Defense lawyer Patrick Gibbs rested his case after reading statements from 10 character witnesses who praised the actor’s work and compassion toward others.
  — Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
• Above all, his characters witness, suffer and reflect with a hyper-real intensity.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2019
• Prosecutors also asked to exclude from trial any character witnesses Bessner may try to call.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2018
• The club’s director, Maxim Rybakov, testified as a character witness on Thursday.
  — Dallas News, 19 July 2022
• Audible sighs of relief were heard in a courtroom filled with more than a dozen of Officer Carlos Antonio Anglero’s family and friends, some of whom testified as character witnesses.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Volatile spouses are not usually the most reliable character witnesses, so quoting Taubes’s reference to his wife as Krupskaya can hardly convince.
  — Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2023
• In a side plot, Ford’s police character witnesses his partner illegally shoot someone.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 June 2023
• Also Friday, a judge ruled that the defense could call on actress Leah Remini, also a former Scientologist, to testify as a character witness.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
• Evans was the second witness Monday, following Harris’ former mentor and advisor, Nita Sturiale, who spoke as a character witness.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
• The defense may also seek to bring as character witnesses other patients who were examined without any problems or argue that the victims exaggerated their claims in hopes of getting a civil payout.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com, 2 July 2019
• Additionally, Remini served as a sort of character witness for Haggis.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2022
• Most of the nation’s 68 immigration courts are still functioning for detainee dockets — video hearings with judges, attorneys and, sometimes, character witnesses for the immigrants in attendance.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2020
• Booker, who stood by Menendez throughout the trial and testified as a character witness, downplayed the importance of the corruption investigation in an interview with reporters after the rally.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2018
• Cosby, too, is allowed character witnesses at his sentencing.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
• The document, which resulted in a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement, raises serious questions about Guilfoyle’s fitness as a character witness for Trump, let alone as a top campaign official.
  — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024