bore witness
Example Sentences
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Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
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
In El Salvador, he bore witness to the condition of villagers during the civil war there in the 1980s.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
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
My grandmother wrote in her notebooks that bore witness to life for fifty years.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
