bear witness
idiom
1
: to show that something exists or is true
—+ to
His success bears witness to the value of hard work.
Rising ticket sales bear witness to the band's popularity.
2
formal
: to make a statement saying that one saw or knows something
asked to bear witness to the facts
She was accused of bearing false witness at the trial.
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His legacy is to expose, provoke, and bear witness through art, to the realities of a troubled, yet beautiful, world.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The exhibition also features landscape photography by J. Henry Fair, which bears witness to flat, expansive wetlands of coastal South Carolina and sets the scene of the raid.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
True greatness requires so much winning that it is separated into sections — for everyone but those lucky enough to bear witness.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
And the mirror bearing witness, shining ecstatically.
—Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The exhibition also features landscape photography by J. Henry Fair, which bears witness to flat, expansive wetlands of coastal South Carolina and sets the scene of the raid.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
True greatness requires so much winning that it is separated into sections — for everyone but those lucky enough to bear witness.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
And the mirror bearing witness, shining ecstatically.
—Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for bear witness
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“Bear witness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20witness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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