How to Use witness stand in a Sentence

witness stand

noun

• But the girl, who was 12 at the time of the trial, took the witness stand.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• The bailiff reached over the witness stand to push the barrel toward the floor.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
• One of the men, Beau Ryan, 63, read his statement from the witness stand.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
• Malachi’s mother took the witness stand last week in D.C.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
• Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• On the third day of the trial, Shoup started putting the students on the witness stand.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• He was not asked to provide his last name on the witness stand.
  — CBS News, 18 Mar. 2022
• In all, Ware was on the witness stand for less than 15 minutes.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2022
• Depp may be called to return to the witness stand this week as the trial winds down.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 May 2022
• During her turn on the witness stand, Heard told her side of the story.
  — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
• Why not fess up, take the witness stand, hire Pauline to defend her, and reap the fame that ensues?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• When Mann returned to the witness stand, Illuzzi walked over to her.
  — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• He is scheduled to be back on the witness stand Tuesday.
  — Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
• At the end, Morrissey took to the witness stand to defend her conduct in the case.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
• Weinstein's lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• On the witness stand, Chad said that on the day Dr. Pack was killed, his father picked him up at school at 2:30 and dropped him off at the store.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Lanez, who chose not to take the witness stand during the trial, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Both Ta and Mgdesyan accused the other side of failing to put the driver, Jauquan Smith, on the witness stand.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
• Stephens said the Mirror might have assumed that Harry would be a bit slow on the witness stand.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• After about four hours on the witness stand, Trump was dismissed.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• She’s expected to spend much of Friday on the witness stand.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
• This may be the only time Trump is actually is on the witness stand over the next year.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
• On the witness stand, Wade described a birthday trip to Belize as a gift from Willis.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Kassig's father read the letter his son wrote in 2014 from the witness stand.
  — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Anthony told jurors that Payne would not tell the truth on the witness stand.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Mar. 2022
• Hope Hicks spent nearly three hours on the witness stand, at one point breaking down in tears.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 May 2024
• The last was Annie Farmer, who took the witness stand using her real name.
  — Tom Hayes and Larry Neumeister, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• The prosecutor called Ashley down from the witness stand to demonstrate what happened that night.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2024
• The prosecutor displayed a photo of a smiling teenage redhead – unrecognizable as the 28-year-old woman on the witness stand.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024