bore witness
Example Sentences
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"Touching and sincere, it bore witness to a deep personal bond even though I'd left office so long ago," he writes.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Five years since 17-year-old Darnella Frazier stood on the curb outside Cup Foods, raised her phone, and bore witness to nine minutes and 29 seconds that would galvanize a global movement against racial inequality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
One of the men under Andrii’s command, an American volunteer from Atlanta, bore witness to the deadly efficiency of Russian drones.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
It is a close adaptation of a searing 1975 documentary by Frederick Wiseman, who brought his cameras to a New York welfare center and bore witness as claimants dealt desperately with a rigid system.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
It bore witness to what was yet to come.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
