How to Use under oath in a Sentence
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When asked about this under oath, Sheriff Scott took the Fifth.
— Jerry Mitchell Rory Doyle, New York Times, 19 July 2023 -
Is the president prepared to say that under oath in a court of law?
— ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023 -
But it was captured on tape and described under oath by four of his deputies.
— Rachel Axon Rory Doyle For The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023 -
How did the judge really feel about Trump's 3½ hours under oath?
— Michael R. Sisak, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2024 -
How did the judge really feel about Trump’s 3½ hours under oath?
— Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024 -
Ivana Trump said under oath that Trump had scalp reduction surgery in 1989.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Who knows what might be revealed when or if Lake is questioned under oath.
— Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023 -
Screenwriters had to decide what’s closer to the truth and maybe speaking under oath is closer to the truth.
— Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024 -
It was revealed just last week that Meadows has testified under oath in that case three times since agreeing to the deal.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Huntsman cut off the questions when the then-sheriff refused to answer under oath.
— Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The ruling helps clear the way for Mike Pence to speak under oath about the pressure Trump put him under to declare the 2020 election results invalid.
— Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Leave it to Leo to put on a show and lie under oath ... but just like the Sun, Salvadore's mere presence brought light to unspoken truths that helped crack a high-profile case.
— Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024 -
Creech claimed at times, including under oath, to having killed as many as 42 people.
— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Trump erupts in a chaotic day of testimony, in a rare glimpse of ex-president under oath.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023 -
The document offers no details as to what the former judge is accused of lying under oath about.
— Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023 -
What the two say under oath about prices, potential store closures and the impact on workers will likely be scrutinized in the years ahead if the merger goes through.
— CBS News, 5 Sep. 2024 -
But even this testimony under oath did not stop the attacks on him, which spread from Fox News to public hearings in Congress.
— Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023 -
In recent years, Trump has been wary of answering questions under oath, given the legal intrigue swirling around him.
— William K. Rashbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Even under oath, an employee of the local company that installed the cameras, Danaide, refused to talk.
— Karen Naundorf, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Paylor, under oath, testified that police framed him, planting the gun.
— Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Years later, under oath, Young said no law enforcement authorities ever asked him to take the file down.
— Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Multiple people who worked in and around City Hall said under oath that Jacobs bullied and abused female colleagues.
— Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024 -
His ruling opens the way for the sides to begin the evidentiary exchange process, called discovery, which will allow each side to question the other under oath.
— John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Beach said he should be allowed to question McCarthy and Boynton under oath about when their job discussions started.
— Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023 -
The police then conspired to fabricate evidence and lie under oath to protect their own, the defense alleged.
— Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 June 2024 -
Well, a lawsuit in which he is compelled to answer questions under oath might finally settle things.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023 -
The police then conspired to fabricate evidence and lie under oath to protect their own and frame Read, her defense alleged.
— Dakin Andone, CNN, 2 July 2024 -
Kristen Clarke lied to Congress under oath, the senators claim, and then manipulated a witness to conceal the felony.
— Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 15 July 2024 -
Ware will appear before Congress in July to discuss his findings under oath.
— Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 June 2023 -
Testimony consists of answers under oath to the questions posed.
— Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Dec. 2023
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