firsthand account
Example Sentences
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A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
The fact that no one has stepped forward with a firsthand account of false accusation is immaterial because the em dash drama plays on existing anxieties.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
Graves did not observe the event himself but said a witness came to his organization, Americans for Safe Aerospace, with a firsthand account and evidence including police blotters and other documentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Cohen’s testimony could illuminate that sequence of events, providing prosecutors the firsthand account they would need to make a case against Trump.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The firsthand account was a good one, and I was just getting into it when Elliot tapped me on the shoulder.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
