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noun

testimony

CEFR B2

a solemn statement made under oath

In a sentence

Six example sentences with testimony, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her testimony lasted two days, and the defense could not shake a single detail about the night of the fire.

    Law

  • The committee heard testimony from four former inspectors, each sworn in before answering questions about the bridge.

    Politics

  • Transcripts of the 1912 hearings preserve testimony from surviving crew, given hand on the Bible in a crowded room.

    History

  • The chief executive gave sworn testimony that she had never seen the memo, and the email trail said otherwise.

    Business

  • The geologist's testimony explained to the jury how the slope had been failing for years before the houses were built.

    Science

  • A surgeon's testimony described the standard of care in detail, and the jury needed her diagrams to follow it.

    Medicine

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