bears witness
Example Sentences
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“No one / bears witness for the / witness,” he writes in the 1967 poem “Ashglory.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Simultaneously, “Brownsville Bred” bears witness to what she overcame to accomplish this feat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Heba Almaqadma, a 24-year-old Palestinian journalist, translator and writer surviving amid the ruins of Gaza City, bears witness with searing clarity:
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025
The former member of a Charleston group established to protect Black cemeteries emphasized that the ground itself bears witness to history.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
“All of creation bears witness to the Greatness of God!”
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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