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  • Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas, the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph.   (source)
    testimonies = something that serves as evidence
  • Mother added her testimony in low, reverent whispers.†   (source)
  • Though the trial testimony seemed to raise enormous doubt as to his guilt, Sasaki was convicted and ultimately sentenced to six years of hard labor.†   (source)
  • The pictures of the motel room door, going in, coming out; the fake signatures in the register; the testimony of the owner, who'd welcomed the cash.†   (source)
  • Ignatov: Alexander Ilyich Rostov, taking into full account your own testimony, we can only assume that the clear-eyed spirit who wrote the poem Where Is It Now? has succumbed irrevocably to the corruptions of his class—and now poses a threat to the very ideals he once espoused.†   (source)
  • He stood a head taller than Peter, and his broad shoulders bore testimony to years of backbreaking labor.†   (source)
  • Despite all the unanswered questions, the story of Cassie's life is testimony that Misty indeed sees more than a glimmer of hope in the devastating loss of her daughter.†   (source)
  • Leaves not a single descendant, only scattered, partial testimony, His complete works doodles in the dirt?†   (source)
  • The Vatican is made up of deeply pious men who truly believe these contrary documents could only be false testimony.†   (source)
  • Walter thought the testimony was so nonsensical he couldn't believe that people were taking it seriously.†   (source)
  • Do you have anything to add to your testimony before we pronounce judgment?†   (source)
  • The judge is going to rule on a motion that King's lawyer made to suppress Cruz's testimony, and a few other things.†   (source)
  • "A testimony to endurance" is what she called it.†   (source)
  • It contradicted his sworn testimony at the trial.†   (source)
  • "…called Help with testimonies from some of Mississippi's very own housekeepers--"†   (source)
  • As a testimony to how boring this particular game was—and how very much lost it was, too—Mr. Chickering told Owen to swing away; Mr. Chickering wanted to go home, too.†   (source)
  • Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed.†   (source)
  • By clinging tightly to what she believed she knew, narrowing her thoughts, reiterating her testimony, she was able to keep from mind the damage she only dimly sensed she was doing.†   (source)
  • There's a National Orphan Train Complex based in Concordia, Kansas, with a website that includes riders' testimonies and photographs and a link to FAQs.†   (source)
  • "We are obliged to listen to the testimony, Matthew," said Captain Talcott reasonably.†   (source)
  • That he was living testimony of someone who should have run.†   (source)
  • So it is not surprising to find that so many accusations against people are in the handwriting of Thomas Putnam, or that his name is so often found as a witness corroborating the supernatural testimony, or that his daughter led the crying-out at the most opportune junctures of the trials, especially when—But we'll speak of that when we come to it.†   (source)
  • Hermann van Pels (van Daan) was, according to the testimony of Otto Frank, gassed to death in Auschwitz in October or November 1944, shortly before the gas chambers were dismantled.†   (source)
  • Between Lopsang's testimony, Hall's radio calls, and the fact that another ice ax found on the South Summit was Positively identified as Andy's, we can be reasonably sure he was at the South Summit with Hall on the night of May 10.†   (source)
  • He had been deported quickly, before local officials could take his testimony.†   (source)
  • He failed to see why anyone would need more bluster and testimony about God's Plan than what he found, for example, within the fine-veined world of an eyeball.†   (source)
  • As a member of the minority who still called themselves Palestinians, he and his family had lived in the slums of Tharsis, human testimony to the bitter legacy of the terminally dispossessed.†   (source)
  • ECS wouldn't accept kids unless both parents gave testimony of their experience of being Born Again—and the stories better be good.†   (source)
  • The place is a living, breathing testimony to that Roman strategist who first told the world, "Let him who desires peace prepare for war" (that's translated from the Latin Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet helium-Flavius Vegetius Renatus, fourth century).†   (source)
  • Davis's testimony carried with it the unstated accusation that Burnham and Baker had inflated the amount of money needed to complete the fair.†   (source)
  • For Adela, the horror of her cave experience and its booming echo ride roughshod over her soul until she recants her testimony against Aziz during his trial.†   (source)
  • Her marrow was tired and it was a testimony to the heart that fed it that it took eight years to meet finally the color she was hankering after.†   (source)
  • The broad square of the pizza box, bearing the CosaNostra logo, is mute testimony.†   (source)
  • He claims that after his testimony before the USDA committee, the large meatpackers promptly stopped bidding on his cattle.†   (source)
  • That testimony her attorney hadn't been able to keep out of the trial (although he had nearly ruptured himself trying), and while Annie had never confessed to anything in so many words during the three days in August she had spent 'up there on the stand in Denver', he thought that she had really confessed to everything.†   (source)
  • The bikers got on the stand and flubbed their testimony: There was one car — there were two cars; Mexicans were involved — there were no Mexicans.†   (source)
  • No one disputed his account or tried to add individual testimony.†   (source)
  • The twins could swim like seals and, supervised by Chacko, had crossed the river several times, returning panting and cross-eyed from the effort, with a stone, a twig or a leaf from the Other Side as testimony to their feat.†   (source)
  • In any case, Miss Kenton did not seem to mind at all confiding in me over these matters and I took this as a pleasing testimony to the strength of the close working relationship we had once had.†   (source)
  • She said she hated putting the children through this, but their testimony was essential.†   (source)
  • GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER We routinely disqualify testimony that would plead for extenuation.†   (source)
  • Tobias's testimony is irrefutable this way.†   (source)
  • Everything about him was a testimony to crudeness: his ignoble belly, his emphatic speech, his lynx's side-whiskers, his rough hands, the ring finger smothered by the opal setting.†   (source)
  • It may seem strange, but it is a testimony to the security we felt in our home—I was an adult before I discovered where Mother went when she "visited relatives."†   (source)
  • I have to ask about something else that confused me during your testimony.†   (source)
  • I think I still expected to see Doreen's body lying there in the pool of vomit like an ugly, concrete testimony to my own dirty nature.†   (source)
  • If on Judgment Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would be unable to say anything in his behalf.†   (source)
  • Salander claimed that the man had groped her, and her testimony was supported by witnesses.†   (source)
  • As I sat in court, though, and listened to the testimonies of the witnesses and the speeches of the prosecutors and the arguments of the defense attorneys and the statements of the defendants, I became a lot less sure of myself.†   (source)
  • Someone whose testimony associates you and Hickock with this case.†   (source)
  • Jordan thought of the testimony Michael Beach had given, about how it looked when the life left a person's face.†   (source)
  • His testimony was given with simplicity and what seemed like candor, but Mtolo had gone out of his way to embellish his evidence.†   (source)
  • Under Sharia law, which applied to domestic and inheritance matters, the testimony of two women carried the weight of that from a single man.†   (source)
  • More specifically, it is testimony to the power of one specific aspect of context, which is the critical role that groups play in social epidemics.†   (source)
  • Son, you're free to go and the court thanks you for your testimony.†   (source)
  • Conspiracy charges are often brought against a person just on the strength of testimony from a "coconspirator" or, even worse, a "confidential informant," someone who has agreed to rat out others in exchange for immunity.†   (source)
  • Some brilliant manifesto about how God whispered sweet insights into my ear,higher truths that I would hold on to forever, once I'd shared them through testimony?†   (source)
  • The Koran explicitly endorses some gender discrimination: A woman's testimony counts only half as much as a man's, and a daughter inherits only half as much as a son.†   (source)
  • But we have eyewitness testimony.†   (source)
  • One of Adam Brown's final wishes, written by hand on his CACO form, was that his spiritual testimony—his complete story—be told, including "my life before I met Jesus Christ and Kelley."†   (source)
  • Thibault was certain that any jury in the county would side with testimony provided by law enforcement over a stranger's, no matter how flimsy the evidence might be or what genuine alibi he had.†   (source)
  • She named my brother Emanuel Chaim after the Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum, who buried milk cans filled with testimony in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Jewish cellist Emanuel Feuermann, who was one of the great musical prodigies of the twentieth century, and also the Jewish writer of genius Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, and her uncle Chaim, who was a joker, a real clown, made everyone laugh like crazy, and who died by the Nazis.†   (source)
  • Song remains a man, in the witness box, delivering a testimony we do not hear.†   (source)
  • When she is called like Habakkuk to the witness stand, her testimony is to the light that shines in the lives of the Nisei, in their desperation to prove themselves Canadian, in their tough and gentle spirit.†   (source)
  • On the grounds that your client gave false testimony concerning his whereabouts when Kathy Voskuhl was killed.†   (source)
  • Their testimony is very important, because they were the only members of the family who lived completely removed from the three-legged table, protected from magic and spiritualism by their rigid English boarding school.†   (source)
  • Such men were dangerous, and even the new cadet officers whom Clevinger had helped into office were eager to give damning testimony against him.†   (source)
  • By the time the preacher took the third testimony from an old lady who swore Jesus had saved her rosebushes from Japanese beetles or her quilting hand from arthritis, I was zoning out.†   (source)
  • Cedric concurs, hopeful of this expert testimony about his impending sex appeal.†   (source)
  • If they meant to trap her, they would need more than the engineer's testimony.†   (source)
  • I'll allow the testimony."†   (source)
  • You have Celine's testimony, that's enough to bring him in.†   (source)
  • People still wore inherited tokens and memorials, testimony to the social connections and values of their ancestors generations back.†   (source)
  • In testimony before Parliament, General Cornwallis would refuse to say that the Brooklyn lines could have been taken by an immediate attack, and said that at the time he never heard anyone claim they could have been.†   (source)
  • The worst day was the testimony of the lover who spurned her, Tom Findlay.†   (source)
  • There'll be no courts, Doctor, no testimony.†   (source)
  • Mother's testimony made me recall when I was four and how scared I was to speak.†   (source)
  • Deposits of their broken bones bore testimony.†   (source)
  • I have studied the runes carefully and listened to all the testimony given in the Council, said Brother Zachariah.†   (source)
  • She gave testimony at 73,rion's trial, Cersei recalled suddenly.†   (source)
  • She went through the house vacuuming clean carpets and dusting spotless tables—these were the testimony to her lost years.†   (source)
  • Earwitness testimony in Dealey Plaza will later confirm that three shots were fired from the depository.†   (source)
  • What became of our Eden, our world of innocence, piety, and poetry; the testimony of the senses; the conviction of a poetic-religious faith?†   (source)
  • I had encoded my own messages, scripts, and testimonies into the blazonry of the ring.†   (source)
  • Many offer testimony to such principles as the Golden Rule, living in the moment, the importance of love and giving.†   (source)
  • No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.†   (source)
  • At this point, his testimony isn't going to hold much weight.†   (source)
  • "That testimony has no credibility," he said.†   (source)
  • Ralph gave solemn testimony.†   (source)
  • There was one last-minute reprieve of a bodyguard when a witness shouted testimony just as the vise was pinching blood.†   (source)
  • At first Science ignored them, even denied their existence, despite the testimony of five thousand years.†   (source)
  • Living testimony of the easy expediency in which the Germans often indulged, the sisters had been spared the gas solely because of their energetic yet delicate artistry with needle and thread.†   (source)
  • But you are warned that any testimony that you give may be used against you and that you will be subject to cross-examination.†   (source)
  • He only half listened to the fourth case and at the end of the terse testimony of the complaining witness he asked, "How much did you lose?"†   (source)
  • And among those many voices, and stammering with his own, John would care no longer for her testimony.†   (source)
  • Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.†   (source)
  • "God created the world," said Lorenzo, "and it exists to give testimony.†   (source)
  • CROMWELL (To RICH) Do you wish to modify your testimony?†   (source)
  • I have testimony from Willy Widdershins, Minerva, who happened to be in the bar at the time.†   (source)
  • Why was there no testimony that Mr. Harmon received part of the loot from this "getover"?†   (source)
  • Your purpose here is to ask questions of the witness that refer directly to her testimony.†   (source)
  • So I continued searching for testimony from some other source.†   (source)
  • The testimony you gave at trial against Walter McMillian was a lie?†   (source)
  • Mr. Cheever, report this testimony in all exactness.†   (source)
  • But the testimony had to be given in secret.†   (source)
  • But then I remembered how my mother had called the sycamore a testimony to endurance.†   (source)
  • The other one is poison; he has a reputation for selling testimony to the highest bidder.†   (source)
  • "But he cannot now give testimony, Cornelius," said Dumbledore.†   (source)
  • So Kerr's testimony might have been motivated by spite.†   (source)
  • This testimony was verified by Mr. Cruz.†   (source)
  • Now Hatsue sat upright with her hands in her lap in order to give her testimony.†   (source)
  • Your father's testimony killed one part, but who knows about the other parts?†   (source)
  • DANFORTH, considers; then with dissatisfaction: Come, then, sign your testimony.†   (source)
  • Statement by statement he acknowledged that his previous testimony was entirely false.†   (source)
  • T: Did he ever tell you about his testimony, its nature?†   (source)
  • Spencer Lawton announced that he had two witnesses to call in rebuttal to Williams's testimony.†   (source)
  • The prosecution's only evidence was the sheriff's testimony regarding George's alleged confession.†   (source)
  • I may shut my conscience to it no more—private vengeance is working through this testimony!†   (source)
  • I don't know if the judge should have suppressed Sergeant Maples's testimony.†   (source)
  • According to her testimony, it was on the health and wellbeing of her grandchild.†   (source)
  • He told her about Ole Jurgensen's testimony and the long dispute over land.†   (source)
  • I believe the testimony was that Mr. Cruz was told that was the case.†   (source)
  • Something secret, something that contradicts sworn testimony.†   (source)
  • Again, Your Honor, the testimony of Ralph Myers at trial was completely false.†   (source)
  • Did the City Clerk, who verified Mr. Evans's testimony, get a break in sentencing?†   (source)
  • Have I by any chance misinterpreted your testimony?†   (source)
  • He knew that such testimony would be false and had told the prosecutors that he refused to lie.†   (source)
  • He had made it through to the end of his testimony with his good name still intact.†   (source)
  • We thank you for battling the elements this morning in order to give your testimony.†   (source)
  • But before I could say anything, Myers blurted out a full recantation of his trial testimony.†   (source)
  • Some of them will begin their testimony by swearing that they are criminals.†   (source)
  • After Woodrow Ikner completed his testimony, it was deep into the afternoon.†   (source)
  • He is not a nice man, they are saying, and so you should discount his testimony.†   (source)
  • Put it in your paper, about that man's testimony, how all of it was unfair.†   (source)
  • As he wipes away the tears, we hear a VO of PETROCELLI as she continues with OSVALDO's testimony.†   (source)
  • Well, you may be right, but he had a lot of help in putting together that testimony.†   (source)
  • Myers, was the testimony that you gave at Mr. McMillian's trial true?"†   (source)
  • I'm ruling the kid's testimony is admissible.†   (source)
  • Their testimony was laughably inconsistent and completely lacking in credibility.†   (source)
  • Well, let's reexamine their testimony and find out.†   (source)
  • Let me read to you from the testimony of Mr. Bobo Evans.†   (source)
  • I immediately got an affidavit from Darnell stating that Hooks's testimony was a lie.†   (source)
  • Mr. Evans, you were promised a deal for your testimony.†   (source)
  • As you're about to hear, the testimony of Ralph Myers was completely false.†   (source)
  • Evidence from other doctors further confirmed this testimony.†   (source)
  • In other words, Mr. Delgado verifies Mr. Bolden's testimony.†   (source)
  • I would like to beg your indulgence while I review that testimony.†   (source)
  • Myers's bizarre accusations and testimony were the basis of the State's entire case.†   (source)
  • "Without Hooks's testimony, the conviction wouldn't be valid," I said, leveling my voice.†   (source)
  • Therefore, the defense would have you believe, their testimony is somehow made false.†   (source)
  • But let's look at the reliability of Mr. Evans's testimony.†   (source)
  • I was going to give Bill Hooks a beach condo in Mexico if he changed his testimony against Walter?†   (source)
  • Without Beck's testimony, what choice did Harvey have?†   (source)
  • I've seen you give testimony, Valentine's daughter."†   (source)
  • Apparently, the authorities chose to ignore that testimony.†   (source)
  • That guy, what'shisname, McAllister, has been taking our testimonies all night.'†   (source)
  • Her testimony has to be declared invalid.†   (source)
  • At the start of the testimony, the judge had given us nearly an hour's worth of verbal instructions.†   (source)
  • As of right now Dr. Ross's testimony is that Miss Cardinal is not competent.†   (source)
  • He could only hope his testimony wouldn't lead to Mum's exile.†   (source)
  • Q. The Commission is extremely interested in this part of your testimony, Sheriff Doyle.†   (source)
  • As it now stands, the case presented by the prosecutor rests on the testimony of Dr. Teleborian.†   (source)
  • To others it was sad testimony to how very far the republican ideal had descended.†   (source)
  • I had studied the evidence; I had heard the testimony; I had convicted him.†   (source)
  • I also requested a list of the state's witnesses and summaries of their prospective testimony.†   (source)
  • Wells' testimony, perfected by pre-trial rehearsal, was as tidy as his appearance.†   (source)
  • And all the way through that day's testimony, all I could think was, what a fool she was.†   (source)
  • Incriminating testimony from the defense's dear friend.†   (source)
  • With your testimony, I can pull in Burton on the Joint Chiefs, and certainly Atkinson in London.†   (source)
  • We heard testimony in court yesterday by some of your friends and neighbors saying just that.†   (source)
  • Let me also say I think there are some serious questions about his possible testimony.†   (source)
  • Thereupon Amaranta lay down and made Ursula give public testimony as to her virginity.†   (source)
  • It was his job to reinforce our values and keep our testimony strong.†   (source)
  • The OG's testimony was brief and flawless.†   (source)
  • Now, is it your testimony that you gave all of that information to the police on May eighth?†   (source)
  • I move to strike her testimony, Your Honor.†   (source)
  • They saw the faces, heard the testimony, felt the tension.†   (source)
  • I would then request the particulars of the case, the charge, the evidence, and the testimony.†   (source)
  • Did He define "nice young man" as an LDS boy with a testimony?†   (source)
  • "What's your truthful testimony going to be?"†   (source)
  • There's been no testimony about immunity to anybody.†   (source)
  • The court would now like to hear the testimony of Ms.†   (source)
  • (A short recess) Q. Miss Snell, are you willing to continue your testimony at this time?†   (source)
  • Unless I saw him with my own eyes there would be no value to my witness or testimony.†   (source)
  • The transcripts later confirmed Day and Singbe's testimony.†   (source)
  • The testimony will be added to the court file and available to the public.†   (source)
  • I'd been present at that trial; I'd heard all the testimony.†   (source)
  • In your testimony this morning you spoke a great deal about fantasies.†   (source)
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