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  • ...when folks would stand up, as they felt the Lord called on them, and testify as to their sins and...   (source)
    testify = make a statement as evidence
  • They want me to testify against Bert.   (source)
    testify = provide oral evidence in court
  • The woman testified in court.   (source)
    testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
  • Some people said that the truck had broken down, but I can personally testify that this was not the case.†   (source)
  • General Kayani and General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the head of ISI, were called to testify in parliament, something that had never happened.†   (source)
  • Mr. Becker was captivated by John Dean's wife, Maureen, who sat behind her husband when he was testifying and wore elegant clothes and pulled her blond hair back in a tight bun.†   (source)
  • The huge turnout at tonight's party testifies to how many friends Lev has—but they're not like him: Their lives will be lived in an undivided state.†   (source)
  • Somehow, Pillsbury survived the war, a fistful of medals and a permanent limp testifying to all he'd endured.†   (source)
  • Clyde Livingston testified that they were his sneakers and that he had donated them to help raise money for the homeless shelter.†   (source)
  • Turtle could have called on Angela to testify to that, but she didn't want her screwy sister confessing all over the place.†   (source)
  • Are these girls reckless enough or arrogant enough to think that they can stop such things in their tracks by offering themselves up on some theoretical altar, or is it a kind of testifying?†   (source)
  • Sure, it bore a few marks testifying to the exuberance of its young owner.†   (source)
  • A saleswoman at the jewelry store testified that she recognized Wes as one of the four men who'd robbed the store.†   (source)
  • The leaves' appetite for the sun, as testified by their abundance, their breadth and their super-chlorophyll greenness, made me suspect that the trees had primarily an energy-gathering function.†   (source)
  • He began a whispered dialogue with me, imploring me to get the testifying expert to say things about his intent that were really outside the expert's knowledge.†   (source)
  • Mr. Cruz, you're testifying against people you know.†   (source)
  • I want to see you before I testify.†   (source)
  • The next day, she reluctantly agreed to press charges and testify.†   (source)
  • Williams testifies.†   (source)
  • But some folks are absolutely convinced he is, like, this Sicilian accountant who testified against the Mafia, and had to be hidden by that secret Witness Relocation Program.†   (source)
  • Even when no one who could possibly testify for or against me was within miles, I felt the familiar sensation of storing up virtue for a later date.†   (source)
  • That was in 1959; on the witness stand, Liberace testified that he was opposed to homosexuality.†   (source)
  • I couldn't testify for her, given my own delicate status.†   (source)
  • It's not like we're testifying in court or filling out affidavits.†   (source)
  • To myself, however, I made a number of swift, automatic calculations: that Leper was no threat, no one would ever believe Leper; Leper was deranged, he was not of sound mind and if people couldn't make out their own wills when not in sound mind certainly they couldn't testify in something like this.†   (source)
  • We want you to testify against your father at the struggle meeting.†   (source)
  • "A son doesn't have to testify against his father."†   (source)
  • A whole host of nations could be called to testify on his behalf.†   (source)
  • The night before I am to testify in front of a grand jury I had this dream … I was in this interview room with Phillip and Nancy.†   (source)
  • A woman who lived along South Road testified that one morning Kit had stopped and spoken to her child and that within ten minutes the child had fallen into a fit and lain ill for five days.†   (source)
  • Nor could Nacha testify on her behalf: on the day of the wedding, when Tita went looking for her, she found Nacha lying dead, her eyes wide open, medicinal leaves upon her temples, a picture of her fiance clutched in her hands.†   (source)
  • No glowing quotations from his clients, testifying to his genius.†   (source)
  • "There are several other people of standing willing to testify, Your Honor," Madam added.†   (source)
  • Many doctors testified before the Board of Regents and in the media on Southam's behalf, saying they'd been conducting similar research for decades.†   (source)
  • But by then I knew that you were right, and I offered to testify for you.†   (source)
  • They'll be bringing up people to testify against me all day long.†   (source)
  • So if you're expecting civility just because I've testified against you some fifteen times, forget it!'†   (source)
  • Bandits long ago intimidated any La Arrocera residents who considered testifying.†   (source)
  • The lawyer doubted if the company that had manufactured the bug bomb could be sued successfully because there was only Jack to testify that he had followed directions printed on the package.†   (source)
  • Next, Elizabeth Eckford testified.†   (source)
  • I promised him I would testify to those very words: Rescued from imminent prospect of death.†   (source)
  • He'd done all the Dad stuff so far: making the arrangements, dealing with the insurance company, explaining to the D.A. that no, I wouldn't be available to testify against Rogerson when his court date came up.†   (source)
  • The jails were full of them, a warden later would testify.†   (source)
  • And the magic of her birth, its miracle in fact, testified to that friendliness as did her own name.†   (source)
  • So gather as many people as you can to come to court and testify on his behalf.†   (source)
  • A 1996 USDA investigation of concentration in the beef industry found that many ranchers were afraid to testify against the large meatpacking companies, fearing retaliation and "economic ruin."†   (source)
  • Nobody is going to testify for you, they're all scared.†   (source)
  • Do you want one of your faculty members testifying against the university?†   (source)
  • As I write this, Mack is testifying at the Ladykiller trial.†   (source)
  • Didn't want to testify, I assume.†   (source)
  • When you were testifying.†   (source)
  • Uncle Willie used to sit, like a giant black Z (he had been crippled as a child), and hear us testify to the Lafayette County Training Schools' abilities.†   (source)
  • He testified before a congressional committee along with some nuns—but most of the congressmen were asleep.†   (source)
  • Classmates, teachers, and several members of the family, however, all testified that she had turned in on herself and become uncommunicative.†   (source)
  • She's probably an illegal alien, and I don't have time to go testify every time something like this comes up.†   (source)
  • He had testified to it himself.†   (source)
  • The scars testified to the relatively few mistakes Sloan had made during the decades he had spent wielding knives.†   (source)
  • "I'll get Evelyn to let you testify first, of the three of you," I say.†   (source)
  • He had often thought of his loneliness, for example, as a condition which testified to his superiority.†   (source)
  • At the police station I was led into Sergeant Vorster 's office, where I saw a number of officers, one of whom was Warrant Officer Truter, who had testified in the Treason Trial.†   (source)
  • But later, when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out.†   (source)
  • Girl wouldn't testify.†   (source)
  • I testify before God that my children got all the energy of the dead!†   (source)
  • Not to mention that Rik—who hired him—is set to testify" "So what are you offering?"†   (source)
  • Snyder even testified before Congress about the magnitude of the problem.†   (source)
  • Ursula not only did that she also brought all of the mothers of the revolutionary officers who lived in Macondo to testify.†   (source)
  • Many witnesses were called to testify under oath, including the O'Learys, their neighbors, and many of the firemen.†   (source)
  • They wanted me in street clothes, not an orange jumpsuit, to testify against him.†   (source)
  • His wife could testify to this.†   (source)
  • He was up in Missouri, testifying on some stage robbers.†   (source)
  • Women can't testify fully in court, and yet women can be judges presiding over the court.†   (source)
  • To make matters worse, her ex's brother, who had testified against her in court, was married to my mother's sister.†   (source)
  • Mehdi, along with Parvi, had paraded character witnesses for Mortenson through the high Shariat Court all spring and summer, and testified themselves.†   (source)
  • I'll have to testify against him, but I won't have to pay him.†   (source)
  • It's 1986, and Song is testifying in a courtroom.†   (source)
  • I had gone up against his firm once or twice in the witness box, testifying in homicide cases.†   (source)
  • "I will call Mr. Hollingsworth and personally testify that you're a dangerous lunatic."†   (source)
  • And, on a sunny morning in December, Cedric is getting ready to testify in D.C. Family Court in the custody trial of an eight-year-old girl-one of his "kids."†   (source)
  • Now that self-styled engineer would testify that she had slept with him and demanded to be paid!†   (source)
  • I could testify to Adam's sign—Saleem yelled and leaped to his feet when Adam mashed.†   (source)
  • She has to testify.†   (source)
  • The whole choir of our officers …. went to a public house to testify our joy at the happy news of Independence.†   (source)
  • She'd spent most of the day testifying in court, and her lunch break had been eaten up by a call from a snitch that had cost her fifty dollars and gained her a slim lead on a smuggling case that had resulted in two homicides, which she'd been beating her head against for two months.†   (source)
  • I saw what I saw and I do have a name and I'm perfectly willing to testify in a court of law.†   (source)
  • Footprints testify that we are all walking around it.†   (source)
  • The old woman looked up at him when he said that, as worshipful as a repentant sinner testifying in church.†   (source)
  • I started to wonder if Ian had let me struggle just to make a show of my injuries–to make me testify against Kyle without words.†   (source)
  • Ten Towers was airier, more comfortable, better sited …. but Lord Theomore was a changeable man, as any of his wives might have testified.†   (source)
  • "Yes"—Etta narrowed her eyes at Mattie and then turned back to the minister—"I can testify to that.†   (source)
  • You can testify directly to him.†   (source)
  • "He didn't feel like he was of any importance to them," Fain will later testify.†   (source)
  • The popcorn wrappers and the whiskey bottle testified to the kind of invading hordes that had rolled through the room, like waves washing the remnants of destruction away to unknown bottoms.†   (source)
  • I testified that he stole absolutely nothing.†   (source)
  • Baldwin rose and asked if Lieutenant Gedney had any problems testifying under oath.†   (source)
  • "Congratulations," drawled Bellagrog, rolling her eyes at the jury "And as the head of this organization, can you testify whether or not it displays live creatures as museum exhibits?"†   (source)
  • My friend, Mrs. Anne Hickey, wherever her good spirit may be, would have been among the first in line to testify to the "truth" about me.†   (source)
  • The delicacy of her limbs testified that they had not existed long enough for much to gravitate to them.†   (source)
  • I take much pleasure in testifying to the esteem in which she is generally held.†   (source)
  • Their family firm was well thought of, but then so were many others, and the low number on their home-improvement license testified to nothing more than mere longevity, so why make such a fuss about it?†   (source)
  • It looks like we can impeach Julie if she testifies.†   (source)
  • I don't have to testify about how bad I used to be.†   (source)
  • Oz answered yes very solemnly, as though he was testifying in court.†   (source)
  • And when Congress calls you to testify. you go.†   (source)
  • If he bought it himself, it might look as though he were trying to bribe the owner into not testifying against him.†   (source)
  • For over an hour, folks stood up and quoted the Bible verses and testified, telling what they thought of me living here among them for all these months.†   (source)
  • "I saw him steal seed grain," another testified.†   (source)
  • he had had the misfortune to witness a white man's attack on a black man and had been forced to testify to that in a court hearing the Wednesday before the Saturday on which he was found shot.†   (source)
  • It is the only kind of symbol that for me as a writer has any weight, testifying to the pattern, one of the chief patterns, of human experience.†   (source)
  • [Laughter] But I think the fact that you have these three outstanding graduates testifies to the academic excellence and the inspiration of this historic university, rooted in the past with its eyes on the future.†   (source)
  • In less than twenty minutes all three of them had testified, all telling much the same story Hendrick had.†   (source)
  • The girls achieved a certain prominence when they went naked to the camp meeting to confess and testify.†   (source)
  • Telltale scratches about the lock plate testify that some have actually sought entrance.†   (source)
  • Testify to one or the other!†   (source)
  • Professional witnesses were found by Senator Pomeroy to testify before a special House committee that Ross had indicated a willingness to change his vote for a consideration.†   (source)
  • As his men could testify, he ran a tight ship, and on the open seas the Captain's word was law.†   (source)
  • The young man who had this assignment will testify to his role in the affair.†   (source)
  • There have been protests in Washington against unwinding—Cyrus even testified before Congress.†   (source)
  • I found an expert to testify that the bomb was a timed device and not intended to kill on contact.†   (source)
  • Was Grace unconscious at the time she claimed, or was she fully awake, as Jamie Walsh testified?†   (source)
  • He urged us to prepare ourselves to testify in federal court, if need be.†   (source)
  • Her husband never testified for either side.†   (source)
  • It didn't mean she wouldn't testify against us, any of us, if she had the occasion.†   (source)
  • Meetings were held in which the witnesses testified about what happened.†   (source)
  • The department had grown out of a sudden need as people began to testify against organized crime.†   (source)
  • Do you remember when my husband testified?†   (source)
  • While I was there, Thin-Face could not come to make me testify against Dad.†   (source)
  • "Got her to testify that everywhere Amy hid a clue was a place where we'd, you know, had sex?†   (source)
  • And if you are called to testify, that's what you're going to say?"†   (source)
  • Jefferson the butcher testified that he spoke with you that morning.†   (source)
  • At Testifying, it's safer to make things up than to say you have nothing to reveal.†   (source)
  • Two of the conspirators will testify to their understanding of this fact.†   (source)
  • The point is that as long as you have the correct class stance, it will be easy to testify.†   (source)
  • Because the people your father testified against have strong ties in New Orleans.†   (source)
  • I was relieved when the attorney said that there would be no need for the rest of us to testify.†   (source)
  • Witnesses were not allowed to watch the proceedings until after they had testified.†   (source)
  • Thank you for testifying in a snowstorm.†   (source)
  • "Well, the judge has denied our motion, so you don't have to testify or come to court at this point.†   (source)
  • A; He went to Washington, he testified, he gave evidence for investigators to follow up on.†   (source)
  • The fact that you've testified about this conversation without having heard any part of it."†   (source)
  • We found most of them and had them testify.†   (source)
  • We heard Mrs. Moore testify that James King was at her house at the time of the incident.†   (source)
  • First to testify from our group was Ernest Green.†   (source)
  • Aunt Helena is here, as well as Aunt Lydia, because Testifying is special.†   (source)
  • Back in the courtroom, a psychiatrist testifies that as a child Danny Hansford was a breath holder.†   (source)
  • —as Susan Marie Heine testified yesterday.†   (source)
  • Think about what you'll say if you're called to testify."†   (source)
  • — Mohabbat testified that Myers had told him, "They told me to say what they wanted me to say."†   (source)
  • "You've testified at considerable length concerning your relationship with Danny Hansford.†   (source)
  • She not only found them, but she has brought them here to testify for the State.†   (source)
  • Myers testified this man had black-gray hair and allegedly talked to McMillian.†   (source)
  • You heard the City Clerk testify that the gun used to kill Mr. Nesbitt was registered to him.†   (source)
  • At trial, Kathleen Enstice testified that Timothy was born alive and had died by drowning.†   (source)
  • If she wants to testify instead of the witness, fine.†   (source)
  • He can testify to the conversation—not the robbery, unless he was there.†   (source)
  • A medical examiner will testify to the cause of death, showing that the gunshot wound was fatal.†   (source)
  • If Miss Petrocelli wants to testify in— JUDGE†   (source)
  • They testified, according to the defense, only because they were given a break in their sentencing.†   (source)
  • A cousin who likes him testifies that he was with her.†   (source)
  • Jose Delgado, the drugstore clerk, testified that the cigarettes were stolen.†   (source)
  • He wears thick glasses, which he touches over and over again as he testifies.†   (source)
  • Mr. Bolden testified that he received stolen cigarettes from Mr. Evans.†   (source)
  • Are you testifying because you're getting a deal from the government?†   (source)
  • I have trouble testifying against a Black man, if that's what you mean.†   (source)
  • But he testified that the only reason he was involved in this stickup was that he was afraid of you.†   (source)
  • Mr. Evans testified that he was actually in the drugstore, taking an active part in the robbery.†   (source)
  • Mr. Evans also testified that when he arrived at the scene, he saw Osvaldo Cruz there.†   (source)
  • It was testified that the gun belonged to the victim.†   (source)
  • You testified that you did not have a gun when you entered the drugstore.†   (source)
  • We do solemnly swear and testify to our soundness of mind and freedom of will.†   (source)
  • Anyway, I've agreed to testify against him.†   (source)
  • What if she wants me to come testify or something?†   (source)
  • Q. Now you testified earlier that you "knew" you were getting close to Carrie.†   (source)
  • I need to find people who can testify she was really ripped.†   (source)
  • But I am on shaky ground, in this testifying against men, because I live with one.†   (source)
  • The woman testified that Norgren had assaulted Salander before the violence broke out.†   (source)
  • As I testified, the next thing I remember is waking up in some filthy little room.†   (source)
  • We imagined them bringing a doctor in to testify to the fact.†   (source)
  • Before he could testify, Giancana himself was murdered in his home on June 19, 1975.†   (source)
  • Only the ones where the police would keep his secret, where he wouldn't have to testify.†   (source)
  • Because he's subpoenaed Josie to testify on Monday.†   (source)
  • "And that," he was to testify the next day, "was the last I seen them.†   (source)
  • Now, you've heard Lou testify as to being knocked down while she was outside the mine.†   (source)
  • "I need you to testify" I didn't know how to defend myself.†   (source)
  • Lastly, Orik called upon Eragon to testify.†   (source)
  • The child refused to testify in spite of the doctor's findings.†   (source)
  • "I did not testify that Mr. Pignetti was stealing gas," I corrected.†   (source)
  • Teleborian will testify on Friday, I gather.†   (source)
  • The next day Burnah and Grabeau were called to testify.†   (source)
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