How to Use eyewitness in a Sentence

eyewitness

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  • He was able to give an eyewitness account of the shooting.
  • The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.
  • An eyewitness said streaks of blood could be seen through her blonde hair.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • There was no camera footage of the killing, and no eyewitnesses.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The heist occurred in broad daylight and was even caught on video by an eyewitness.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Stewart said there were no eyewitnesses but one person was on the bus at the time.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
  • Yes, but: The overuse of the same photos, eyewitness videos and reporting from the ground can also pose risks.
    — Sara Fischer, Axios, 16 July 2024
  • The case against him hinged on the testimony of one eyewitness.
    — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
  • But one of the officers did speak with a second eyewitness that day.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 27 May 2023
  • Manzoni’s, based on an eyewitness account, is a close cousin of those.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Gilleon said that runs counter to eyewitness statements that Wilkins appeared to slip from the railing, not jump.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Find an eyewitness account here and a timeline of events here.
    — Hannah Jewell, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • At that point, the eyewitness says, Dallas stopped moving.
    — Mary Helene Hall | [email protected], al, 6 July 2023
  • But their telling lacks the same impact as his eyewitness account.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 May 2022
  • The Post spoke to a second eyewitness who confirmed that civilians were hit by a missile strike.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The two eyewitnesses, Dunn's then-girlfriend and her son, both heard Dunn telling Torres to stop hitting him with the bat.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
  • Greg Elking was the lone eyewitness to Markus Boyd's murder.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The only eyewitnesses to the shooting that day were the officers.
    — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Public records show James Yoo, 56, lived in a duplex house on the block shown exploding in eyewitness video.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • A day after the massacre, life in El Geneina came to a standstill, according to eyewitnesses and video from the ground.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Another video filmed from a car near the same area shows an eyewitness driving beside a field in which the fiery wreckage of a plane can be seen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The answer may hinge on what a surviving housemate, the only eyewitness, saw that night.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The two boys fought, and Simpkins took a beating, eyewitnesses said at his trial.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
  • His family says eyewitness descriptions don't match Julius, who at the time had a shaved head.
    — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • An eyewitness, who was walking on a public footpath near the takeoff point, captured the video.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 15 July 2022
  • In the 150 years since, no relatives of survivors have come forward, and there are no eyewitness accounts.
    — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Not long after, eyewitnesses said, the colleague grabbed a knife from a nearby restaurant and returned to stab Sabika in the chest.
    — Asmaa Al-Omar, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Among them was an out-of-town relative who became a key eyewitness in the shooting, Kelly said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • According to eyewitness accounts, the beast has been seen kneeling over a deer, walking on its hind legs, and reaching to the back of a truck to retrieve a roadkill deer.
    — Rashad Alexander, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Paintings, books and eyewitness accounts have preserved details of the conflict more than two centuries later.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024

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