How to Use witness stand in a Sentence
witness stand
noun-
But the girl, who was 12 at the time of the trial, took the witness stand.
— Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The bailiff reached over the witness stand to push the barrel toward the floor.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024 -
One of the men, Beau Ryan, 63, read his statement from the witness stand.
— Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Malachi’s mother took the witness stand last week in D.C.
— Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand.
— Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Williams looked at Prater, who sat about 10 feet away in the witness stand, and shook his head.
— Dallas News, 27 July 2021 -
On the third day of the trial, Shoup started putting the students on the witness stand.
— Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 -
He was not asked to provide his last name on the witness stand.
— CBS News, 18 Mar. 2022 -
In all, Ware was on the witness stand for less than 15 minutes.
— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2022 -
Depp may be called to return to the witness stand this week as the trial winds down.
— Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 May 2022 -
During her turn on the witness stand, Heard told her side of the story.
— Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022 -
Why not fess up, take the witness stand, hire Pauline to defend her, and reap the fame that ensues?
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023 -
When Mann returned to the witness stand, Illuzzi walked over to her.
— Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 -
He is scheduled to be back on the witness stand Tuesday.
— Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024 -
Swinney, 51, was on the witness stand for most of Friday, the third day of his trial.
— oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021 -
At the end, Morrissey took to the witness stand to defend her conduct in the case.
— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024 -
Weinstein's lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
— Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022 -
On the witness stand, Chad said that on the day Dr. Pack was killed, his father picked him up at school at 2:30 and dropped him off at the store.
— New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021 -
Lanez, who chose not to take the witness stand during the trial, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
— Deena Zaru, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023 -
Both Ta and Mgdesyan accused the other side of failing to put the driver, Jauquan Smith, on the witness stand.
— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022 -
Three of these people appeared on the witness stand last week.
— Jim Derogatis, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2021 -
Stephens said the Mirror might have assumed that Harry would be a bit slow on the witness stand.
— William Booth, Washington Post, 7 June 2023 -
After about four hours on the witness stand, Trump was dismissed.
— John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023 -
She’s expected to spend much of Friday on the witness stand.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023 -
This may be the only time Trump is actually is on the witness stand over the next year.
— Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023 -
On the witness stand, Wade described a birthday trip to Belize as a gift from Willis.
— Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Kassig's father read the letter his son wrote in 2014 from the witness stand.
— CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022 -
And how would Trump respond to seeing former and current aides on the witness stand?
— Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 -
Earlier Wednesday, Martin was on the witness stand for a third day.
— CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
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