How to Use testimony in a Sentence

testimony

noun
  • It is testimony to her courage and persistence that she worked for so long in the face of such adversity.
  • The popularity of diet fads is a testimony to the fact that people want a quick fix for their health and weight problems.
  • There were contradictions in her testimony.
  • The jury heard 10 days of testimony.
  • The testimony of the three aides was first reported by the New York Times.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are hours of testimony, which at times seems to go around in circles.
    Joe Pompeo, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The testimony was released publicly at the start of the hearing.
    Emma Brown, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • And, third, someone with a deep and abiding testimony in the Lord Jesus Christ and his gospel.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Now, the ball is in the court of the senators who heard his disturbing testimony.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The testimony, which came out in November 2019, marked the start of France’s #MeToo movement.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 May 2023
  • The court reporter spent about an hour reading the testimony on Dec. 7.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • It was tied with expert testimony showing that snow might not fall in that area in the coming years.
    TIME, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Bryant’s side rested its case after her testimony, which came on the eighth day of the trial.
    Andrew Dalton, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Wright will take the stand on Tuesday; his testimony is expected to last up to six days.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Chaos unfolds as witness takes the stand Holmes’ testimony was a major source of conflict for the state and the defense.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • The panel relied on the testimony of some of Trump’s top advisers to build its case as well as the public record.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But Shively’s testimony, which could have put Simpson near the scene around the time of the murders, was never heard in court.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Her testimony took place a few days after the ninth anniversary of Beau Biden’s death.
    Zach Montague, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • One of the bullets hit Rincon, whose eyes welled up during testimony, just above his left knee.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Using the testimony of survivors, CCTV and mobile phone footage, the film tells the personal stories of some of the people who lived and many who died.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2024
  • There is a certain kind of language in the testimonies of Coco ambush victims that was echoed in the Pelicot trial.
    Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Sign up for in-person testimony opens at 8:30 a.m. at the Legislative Office Building on the day of the hearing.
    Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Olea, 38, who was handcuffed appeared to be taking notes while the recorded testimony was played in the courtroom.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Baldwin’s team filed a motion to dismiss the case after the second day of testimony.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
  • Still, Wilds’ testimony mapped out the day of the murder for jurors, who were told that even if Wilds was a shaky witness, cellphone data backed him up.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Sneed received a life sentence in a plea deal for his testimony against Glossip.
    Jason Hanna, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The jury heard from a total of 20 witnesses over more than two weeks of testimony in the trial’s latest phase.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • In his testimony Tuesday, Rhodes revealed some new details of the more than five-year-old shooting.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Excepting breaks, that’s about six hours of testimony from the mayors.
    Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In his prepared testimony, Beamer warned of intercollegiate end times if Congress failed to act soon.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025

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