How to Use witness stand in a Sentence

witness stand

noun
Definition of witness standnext
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'witness stand.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: