How to Use testimony in a Sentence

testimony

noun
  • It is testimony to her courage and persistence that she worked for so long in the face of such adversity.
  • The popularity of diet fads is a testimony to the fact that people want a quick fix for their health and weight problems.
  • There were contradictions in her testimony.
  • The jury heard 10 days of testimony.
  • The testimony of the three aides was first reported by the New York Times.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are hours of testimony, which at times seems to go around in circles.
    Joe Pompeo, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The testimony was released publicly at the start of the hearing.
    Emma Brown, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Now, the ball is in the court of the senators who heard his disturbing testimony.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The testimony, which came out in November 2019, marked the start of France’s #MeToo movement.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 May 2023
  • The court reporter spent about an hour reading the testimony on Dec. 7.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • It was tied with expert testimony showing that snow might not fall in that area in the coming years.
    TIME, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Wright will take the stand on Tuesday; his testimony is expected to last up to six days.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Chaos unfolds as witness takes the stand Holmes’ testimony was a major source of conflict for the state and the defense.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • The panel relied on the testimony of some of Trump’s top advisers to build its case as well as the public record.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But Shively’s testimony, which could have put Simpson near the scene around the time of the murders, was never heard in court.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Her testimony took place a few days after the ninth anniversary of Beau Biden’s death.
    Zach Montague, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • One of the bullets hit Rincon, whose eyes welled up during testimony, just above his left knee.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Using the testimony of survivors, CCTV and mobile phone footage, the film tells the personal stories of some of the people who lived and many who died.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Olea, 38, who was handcuffed appeared to be taking notes while the recorded testimony was played in the courtroom.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Baldwin’s team filed a motion to dismiss the case after the second day of testimony.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
  • Still, Wilds’ testimony mapped out the day of the murder for jurors, who were told that even if Wilds was a shaky witness, cellphone data backed him up.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The jury heard from a total of 20 witnesses over more than two weeks of testimony in the trial’s latest phase.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • In his testimony Tuesday, Rhodes revealed some new details of the more than five-year-old shooting.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The trial began last week with testimony from Jane Doe #1.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Lehman asked the jury to remember the testimony of a federal agent, who said that guns can be stored in a variety of ways.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Graham was in the first group of people close to Trump whose testimony Willis sought to compel in a batch of petitions filed with the court in early July.
    CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Later, when Stormy Daniels was on the stand, Trump’s reaction to her testimony once again prompted Merchan to summon his lawyers to the bench.
    Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • The meeting began with expert testimony in favor of and against such care.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Patel declined to disclose information about his testimony and instead urged Booker to seek the transcript of his appearance.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • According to witnesses and testimony from freed hostages, Moses tried to reason with Hamas gunmen before he was taken by militants, along with his partner, Efrat Katz, her daughter and two visiting grandchildren.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025

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