How To Use Testify In A Sentence

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify in front of the House Budget Committee.
No matter how many police raids are conducted, if we cannot guarantee their protection young victims will remain too terrified to testify against their traffickers. Times, Sunday Times
Occasionally, courts admitted shopbooks as evidence but the exception normally was narrowly applied to circumstances in which the scrivener was not available to testify.
This paradox arises either through the blocking of memory, or under oppressive regimes through torture and fear of the consequences of testifying.
The doctor who performed the post-mortems on the bodies of the family is due to testify on Tuesday.

He did not testify in the criminal case.
After the trial ended, U.S. Marshals began hauling silver-haired Jimmy Fratianno around the country to testify in major mob cases. Kill the Irishman
Most say they want to testify about their childhood experiences in residential care, mainly in industrial and reformatory schools.
But convictions were secured against just 50, mainly because witnesses refused to testify against the rest. The Sun
The committee counsels are scheduled to testify at the morning session, and it's standard practice for Congressional committees to hear from their counsels before taking testimony from outside witnesses.
The "incompetency" of criminal defendants to testify at their own trials was part of the common law of England and then the United States until the Nineteenth Century, during which incompetency gave way to the notion that the basis for disqualification - the defendant's FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
The succession of blows—the Agency’s decision not to provide us with any security, followed by the horrifying SSCI report and its Additional Views section, then my colleague’s inability or unwillingness to retestify before the SSCI, and the continuing media onslaught—were overwhelming. Fair Game
Things can get along without you, as history and many facts of life can testify.
The port lifeboat was missing, its iron davits, twisted and wrenched, testifying to the mightiness of the blow that had been struck the old THE SEA FARMER
Fuhrman did not testify in the civil trial.
According to sources, Smart will testify that Mitchell was motivated primarily by sex and not religion in kidnapping her, and that his behavior was inconsistent with that of a 'prophet,' which he proclaimed himself to be. Reader poll: Send Roman Polanski to prison? (Jack Bog's Blog)
We can believe in the resurrection as a fact because eleven out of the twelve disciples died as martyrs testifying to the resurrection and deity of Christ.
So the new form of testification should be put forward at first, and then investigator can testify in the court.
And the DOJ could be less likely to block contempt charges against former White House aides who have refused to testify before Congress.
Too many young people are unable to write or spell well, as employers will testify.
And his many devoted former research students testify most directly to his continuing influence. Times, Sunday Times
The main problem in bringing these cases to court is to get the women to testify against their partners.
Any second-hand bookseller or charity shop can testify to a roaring trade in the once read and discarded romance volume.
When they started working on the case, not only did they find clear-cut Batson violations—a former prosecutor who worked in the DA’s office around the time of Bo’s trial would later testify that the philosophy of his office was, in his own words, “that prospective black jurors at that time were antipolice, antiestablishment, and should not be left on juries”—but they also turned up significant evidence that Bo was innocent of murder. Living Justice
Now a retour is a writ returned from the Court of Attorney, testifying the service of every succeeding heir; and is therefore an unexceptionable evidence of paying his predecessor's debts, and of performing his obligations and deeds. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
The recordings testify to an aesthetic of physical overexertion played out in an acoustic medium.
Under cross-examination from Botha's advocate Lappe Laubscher, Van Zyl said while Tutu initially attempted to accommodate Botha by allowing him to respond to questions in writing, he had never undertaken to indefinitely "immunise" him from testifying. ANC Daily News Briefing
Methods method of literature review, table - account survey, and Delphi method to testify the indexes.
He was able to testify on his own behalf and have witnesses who testified for him.
Thanks so much for the links to the WSJ story pumping up the speculatory frenzy over the conference call at the center of Blagopaylooza (my "Name the Scandal" entry, btw) and the Politico "story" about that upright paragon of moral rectitude David Vitter's plan to call Bill to testify at Hillary's confirmation hearing. Where Are You, Angry Left?
Those who enjoyed their hospitality will testify to the complete lack of side displayed by the couple. Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing
The time constraints meant that she had to testify in full stage make-up and dressing gown. Times, Sunday Times
But as his avid followers, and all those who witnessed Saturday's pulsating show will testify, on stage, that is anything but the case.
I can testify to the credentials of the clientele.
The appellant did not testify and no evidence was called on behalf of the defence.
Balletomanes from all corners of the world testify to the prestige and popularity of this world-class event.
Nevertheless Seymour continued to preach and testify at black missions in Houston where he eventually met a woman named Neely Terry.
Schuler didn't testify during the four-day nonjury trial, and she and her attorneys declined to address the judge before he sentenced her. Stacy Schuler, Ex-Ohio Teacher, Convicted Of Having Sex With 5 Students
I like kindness of stonechats, and when I searched YouTube for corroborative material, the first two videos I watched seem to testify to the kindness of stonechats! Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries
I have been ill: and to be ill in the Crimea is no light matter, as many beside me can testify. Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol
I agree that the point about testifying in trial is extremely invalid. Silent Signals, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
As thou hast asked me to testify respecting the physical condition of the slaves merely, I say nothing of the awful neglect of their minds and souls and the systematic effort to imbrute them. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
As anybody who has been to one will testify, tribute concerts can be a mixed bag. Times, Sunday Times
The chairs drawn up to the dining-room table are inlaid with strings of bellflowers suspended from rings, testifying to their Baltimore origin.
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
He started negotiating with Walter Warlimont, whom he had known before the war, and four other senior Wehrmacht generals, hoping to have them admit their guilt and testify against two top men, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, the head of the armed forces high command, and his deputy, Alfred Jodl. Wild Bill Donovan
a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
Recent studies testify to the astonishing influence of the little tablet. Times, Sunday Times
Huang has refused to testify unless granted partial immunity from prosecution.
A judicial enquiry was ordered, but witnesses were threatened and none would testify.
The defense lawyer said he would prepare counterstatements against the charges and ask the court to present Tommy to testify at the next session.
In 1980, when the term adult child of alcoholic, ACOA was coined, ACOAs literally came out of the woodwork, testifying in droves to confusion, resentment and hurt that the child within them still hung onto. Dr. Tian Dayton: What is an ACOA
I can testify to the complete fallaciousness of the “98%” statement as I sit here on the lower end of a dark continent. From the moderated comments | clusterflock
As anybody who has been to one will testify, tribute concerts can be a mixed bag. Times, Sunday Times
"A wife can't testify against her husband." "She's not my wife." "Not yet, she isn't. But once they let you go we'll pull a fastie."
Another, Darlene, may testify on his behalf.
While she was testifying, Ms. Azar watched Mr. Jalakh carefully, trying to pick up his verbal and non-verbal cues.
Not only that, he lined up Sean Chumura, "a cyberwarfare and computer forensics expert" who is also [LINK NSFW] helping Perfect 10 in its lawsuit against Google, to testify that "it was possible for plaintiff, while 'tabbing' through the registration page, to inadvertently hit the space bar and thereby 'check' the terms and conditions box. Marketing Law Blog
The artifacts from Ozette testify to the central role of whaling in the Tribe before contact with westerners.
And, first, see you, sir — ye shall approach the presence of majesty thus, — shadowing your eyes with your hand, to testify that you are in the presence of the Vice-gerent of The Fortunes of Nigel
Those who enjoyed their hospitality will testify to the complete lack of side displayed by the couple. Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing
NARRATOR: The hearings began, and officials from the Civil Aeronautics Board were called to testify.
Steel price probe heats up as New York grand jury calls executives to testify.
So Monty, i will have to take the immunity key and open door number two and retestify to the grand jury … Think Progress » BREAKING: Karl Rove to Give Additional Testimony
But no one who lived in those days has returned to testify how paradisiacal they really were.
It also stipulates that if a mental health-care provider does testify, the testimony is limited to the custody or visitation case in question.
The prosecution dropped the charges in 1976, announcing that the principal witness was too ill to ever testify.
The prosecution dropped the charges in 1976, announcing that the principal witness was too ill to ever testify.
When such subjection is withheld, Christ's servants, if they would be faithful to the exalted Saviour, cannot do otherwise than refuse to incorporate with the national society, and to homologate the acts of its rulers; and from Churches that do not testify against national defection, they are constrained to maintain distinct separation. The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony
Miller refused to testify and paid for it by being labelled a communist.
The prosecution dropped the charges in 1976, announcing that the principal witness was too ill to ever testify.
Grenier then went back to the meeting, pulled out the CIA's press officer, and asked him if this would be possible and the two of them phoned Libby to say that there would be a way that this could be done -- Grenier immediately put the press officer (Harlow) on the phone, where he spoke with a "Cathie" (presumably Cathie Martin, Vice President Cheney's then press secretary, who is expected to testify tomorrow) about how best to disseminate the story. Christy Hardin Smith: Libby Trial: No Swans Swimming In Sewers
CEOs were called to testify, while a research staff investigated the basic issues involved.
The only defendant to testify was Salaam, a move which most observers saw as having increased his chances of conviction.
And (the relator continueth) as for Kanmakan, he became unique in loveliness and excelling in perfection no less; none could even him in qualities as in seemliness and the sheen of velour between his eyes was espied, testifying for him while against him it never testified. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
He did testify about the cloak of secrecy regarding the health of justices, but not about his own condition.
In a third he gave a custodial term to a woman for contempt because she refused to testify against an ex-lover. Times, Sunday Times
Edward Laufer did not testify, but has denied beating his wife.
In order to guarantee criminal witness to testify, make case receive equal adjudgement, we must perfect the legal status of the criminal witness in court on system.
He says he has a key witness ready to testify if the case goes to court. Times, Sunday Times
However , the Republican complainant in the House to summon 15 people including Lewinsky to testify court.
The doctor who performed the post-mortems on the bodies of the family is due to testify on Tuesday.
You know, your focus on the so-called dimple is seen as a real insult to people whom I heard testify in Palm Beach yesterday. CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Election 2000: Florida Recount Deadline Approaches; Palm Beach County Continues Counting - November 26, 2000
Each of them will testify that in his opinion death in each instance was caused by gunshot wounds in the head.
His munificence was in proportion to his vast wealth (derived chiefly from his property in Cardiff), and innumerable poor Catholic missions throughout Britain, as well as private individuals, could testify to his lavish, though not indiscriminate generosity. The Third Marquess of Bute: Catholic Convert and Patron
Commission counsel Art Vertlieb, who outlined the e-mail between a chief superintendent and assistant commissioner, is proposing to recall the Mounties to testify again. Newly Disclosed RCMP Email Shocks Dziekanski Inquiry On What Was To Be The Final Day!
Inside fittings again testify to the town's religious life in the Middle Ages, notably the twenty stalls for the members of Chichele College at the east end of the north aisle and an unusual number of medieval monumental brasses.
Practice testify that multistoried building can be built by the sand-lime brick.
The empty shops in the high street testify to the depth of the recession.
As for the problem in our country, where witness does not wish to testify in court, and documentary hearsay prevails, the hearsay rule has referential value.
He claims to be very shy but as chums such as friends testify, he is perfectly clubbable.
Pilot whales are endearing creatures, as anyone who has been involved in their rescue will testify.
With conflicting forensic evidence, the Crown's case was bolstered by an eminent paediatrician testifying that the chances of two cot deaths happening in this family was a vanishingly small 1 in 73 million.
And those big hands that moles have testify to their underground lifestyle, fancy word -- fossorial. Urban Wildlife Watch: Moles and Shrews
Elaw's Memoirs testify vividly to her dauntless independence, her boldly visionary sense of mission, and her radical spiritual individualism.
In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.
Maybe Senator Kerry can hold hearings and get pro-Pali "newsmen" to testify about how the IDF razed Gaza "in a way reminiscent of Genghis Khan". THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Even those loathed symbols of American cultural expansion, the hamburger and the frankfurter, testify to earlier German influence.
The student said that he had actually enjoyed the class, and he refused to testify before a panel.
NIV as also the high priest and all the Council can testify.
The bundles of love letters testify to that.
The full ashtrays testify that smoking hasn't been stubbed out.
In Jazz, the half-moons on Dorcas's cheeks and forehead indirectly testify to the torture she endured as a child, when she witnessed her father and mother stomped and burned to death during the East St. Louis riots.
(Remember, they refused to testify under oath andwould only be interviewed together in the 9/11 commission investigation) All The Lies Lead To Cheney / Let's Prosecute
Since nearly all coercion is morally suspect, and much of it legally punishable, successful coercers will not want to testify.
These strengths and limitations testify to Robinson's enduring influence and suggest directions for continued work.
A reader writes to question this column's depiction of the secret attempt by Bronx Captain Brandon del Pozo to explore a settlement with whistleblower cop Schoolcraft by offering him a cushy job and the ability to testify against two top-ranking police officials after police dragged him from his apartment to Jamaica Hospital's psychiatric ward, where he was held for six days. Len Levitt: Police Crime Reporting Scandal: Now the 66th Precinct?
She effectively got him off by testifying to his total inability to do such a thing. Times, Sunday Times
He remains ever likeable, as his efforts in matchmaking in the final reel testify, but the true star of the movie is Maura, whose scenes are the most involving and interesting.
Dedications by sculptors and potters from Archaic Greece testify to the wealth of at least some of these artisans.
The current Scotland captain, as anyone who has attended a post-match press conference after a Scotland defeat will testify, is not given to flights of fancy.
And as anyone who's known a Down's child will testify, they're very loving and gentle.
If the defense called a demonologist as an expert to testify that she was possessed and unable to control her actions, escaping criminal responsibility under M’Naghten. Making Light: *Spoilers* Paranormal Activity *Spoilers*
The current potential for treatment and cure relies on evolution-based theory, by the way, stuff that intelligent design advocates testify is false A Scientific Worldview?
And yet, his position as a supervisor of kashrut did, in its cryptic way, testify to the extraordinary person that he was.
On the other hand, every person charged with a crime is entitled to testify to his own intentions.
Last week, prosecutors said they would grant Mrs Moon immunity from prosecution in order to force her to testify.
All walks of life were represented in the large concourse of sympathisers testifying to the esteem and high regard in which Brigid and her family are held.
When calling on the Gurukkal, don't expect to meet a venerable sage with wrinkles to testify the years of experience he had in life.
They all testify to your outstanding clinical skills and unparalleled commitment to the welfare of children.
More than six years after 15-year-old Jessica Crank died from cancer, her mother Jacqueline is testifying about making that choice as a matter of religious conviction. Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals to hear faith healing case
When it came time for my client to testify, he took the witness stand in his bib overalls.
Apparently he will be be the last witness of the day, which means he may not testify until middle or late afternoon Eastern Time.
After all, Gregg Allman, the last of the Allman brothers, is in disfavor in the world of rock for testifying against his former road manager, Scooter Herring, in a cocaine case. LYNYRD SKYNYRD Keeps It Alive « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie
I take it that he is going to testify to your statement in his office on the day after the election.
Stanford and the two ex-executives were not testifying, asserting their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
The rules of evidence likely are what the government most desires to evade, once putatively having reached beyond Geneva articles, and contorted MCA's untested rendition of habeas in its various forms; [the instant case in re K. al-Marri being the test]; Padilla's suit has worked toward the realm of admissible evidence; the foregoing link is JB's discussion recently and a newspaper article; here is another pointer to a government exhibit in the matter of the government's worries that MKhan would receive permission to testify about the same things Padilla wants to discuss in open public record court; i.e., a kind of graymail argument by defense in those two cases; that exhibit appearing in the weblog there. Balkinization
He added that suspects were routinely arrested before being released because of a lack of evidence or witnesses willing to testify. Times, Sunday Times
Gorbachev refused to comply with a summons to testify.
The present writer, too, can testify to the fanaticism from discussions at that time with diplomats in London and overseas.
The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.
At an inquiry into the tasering death of amentally ill man in Nova Scotia, aclinical psychologist who has been called to testify is taking on the concept of “excited delirium”. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Taser Epistimology on Trial
She refused to testify against her brother.
But I'm wondering if they would be making such a hugga-mugga if it had been a plot by a bunch of white supremacists from Carp Lake (whom I can testify first-hand barely have enough collective brain-power to toast bread). July 2006
Even on a hot day, with the large car parks full of coaches testifying that there must be hundreds of people there, the entire camp exuded an awesome silence.
The current potential for treatment and cure relies on evolution-based theory, by the way, stuff that intelligent design advocates testify is false. A Scientific Worldview?
The guy's up for parole, they want me to testify.
Apartment complexes and luxurious villas testify to the domestic lives of the inhabitants.
However, the nightly detonations testify that neither code nor law is being obeyed.
If, therefore, the testimony of an accomplice is necessary, he should not be tried jointly with those against whom he is expected to testify. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
Assistants such as Christensen support juvenile parole and probation officers who develop agreements with youth, determine special needs and services for youth, conduct monthly reviews with youth, arrange vocational services, administer urinalyses, prepare for and testifying at hearings, and participate in quarterly meetings of team members who support the youth. KTVZ.com - Local Headlines
But as the burgeoning health food stores testify, there is a lot more to the dietary supplements market than this.
As someone with almost no talent for languages at all, I can testify that the program at Macalester was tailor-made for the study of Russian.
Nearly all, in short, evinced a predilection for the Good Creature in some of its various shapes, for this is a vice to which, as Fast Day sermons of a hundred years ago will testify, we have a long hereditary claim. My Kinsman, Major Molineux
The first obvious answer is that, as anyone who has seen it can testify, it is just a sumptuous feast for the eyes. Times, Sunday Times
Would Conrig even permit his secret snudge to testify, knowing that thereby his anonymity would be lost and his value forfeit? Conqueror's Moon
Crowing begins at or just before the crack of dawn -- as my neighbours will testify.
As an observer, I can testify that the comments made by these powerful and successful people were in flat contradiction to the caricature.
There are several witnesses who will testify for the defence.
She insisted on testifying in person rather than via video link. The Sun
Five collections of verse in Oriya, and translations into English from Oriya and Bengali, testify to his trilingual creativity.
The autonomous scenes separated by fades to black in Flowers Of Shanghai testify to Hou's increasing desire to absorb the out-of-field into the frame itself.
Has any Republican thought about bringing in litigants she's ruled againt to testify as to how mean she is?? Lugar becomes first Republican to back Sotomayor
Crucial to the prosecution was the willingness of other Benedictine sisters to testify against them.
Lex Luthor offered to testify as a character witness before the medical ethics board.
This is to testify that the former photo-offset copy agrees with the true copy of the Bachelor's Degree Certificate.
And, as many cyclists would testify, smooth roads without pitted surfaces and random holes would be a good start.
Professional medical organizations have strongly discouraged members from testifying on behalf of plaintiffs.
I was particularly taken with a piece that was made to represent the "Golden Fleece" and with other pieces of jewelry which testify to the high artisanship of these ancient people.
The plaintiff's attorneys wrapped up their case with their last two witnesses testifying.
Moreover, he was clad in a striped Abá-cloak and a burnous, with a steel cutlass by his side and similar gear, while valour shone from his eyes, testifying in favour of him and not in disfavour of him. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They are a voracious pest, and, as I can testify from a couple of years ago, can defoliate an entire bush overnight if left to their own devices.
These and other inscriptions testify to the need visitors felt to document and monumentalise their visual and aural experiences upon the very statue which had engendered them.
While she was testifying, Ms. Azar watched Mr. Jalakh carefully, trying to pick up his verbal and non-verbal cues.
Their size and costliness testify to its importance.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church could also testify to a person's Bulgarian descent.
If D must remove her veil for giving evidence, why not when other witnesses testify? Times, Sunday Times
Recent studies testify to the astonishing influence of the little tablet. Times, Sunday Times
Search for alleviation and cure is a very basic human reaction, as shrines from Lourdes to high-tech oncology clinics testify.
The big one: While Russian regulations required that imported coffee bear a "phytosanitary" certification testifying that it is free of pests and disease, the U.S. had no such standard for exported coffee. Key Move: Go Global Out Of The Gate
Not only will Republicans be basically powerless, they will also have to endure the ignominy of Bush administration officials and employees testifying under oath before the investgation committees of Waxman, Conyers, Leahy, Boxer, Levin, etc. and proving to everyone just how corrupt, dishonest and malfeasant Bush Republicans have truly been. McCain: Sorry, Five Joint Appearances With Obama Just Won't Do It
So can I. You didn't suborn perjury because I didn't testify in my own defense. ROUGH JUSTICE
In a trial that is set to captivate Hong Kong, handwriting experts gurus will also testify.
They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.
Ruddock had a temper, which would sometimes boil over as Robbie Fowler would testify.
Establishing auxiliary function is the important meth od to testify median proposition.
Having undertaken the same journey in my own youth, I can testify to the authenticity of the obsession described.
At least one of those people is scheduled to testify against Nuon Chea, and Cayley said other witnesses were also fearful of testifying. Former Khmer Rouge Leaders Ask Court to Release Them
Can you testify that you saw the defendant at the scene of the crime?
Advo-cates for battered women claim it would also make it harder for women to leave abusive or violent relationships -- especially if they feared reprisals for testifying to abuse in court. Tightening The Knot
The prosecutors called no witnesses to testify and presented little evidence.
When it came time for my client to testify, he took the witness stand in his bib overalls.
Fiers promised to testify fully and truthfully.
The history of the area goes back much further than Byron, however, as the monoliths of Castlerigg Stone Circle testify.
To testify the application of the hydraulic model library, doing the design of the similar transformation of the impeller blade, and attaining the satisfied result.
Recent excavations testify to the presence of cultivated inhabitants on the hill during the Arthurian period.
To testify the liability of rapid determination box in determining formaldehyde in aquatic products and lixivium.
Det. Souther: Two months we'll have you out, then you testify.
Many of their performances testify to organizational stupidity; a few testify only to the perversity of fate.
In the light of reductio ad absurdum on mathematics this paper tries to testify that the systematic fluctuation in magnitude-frequency curve is possible for specific seismic zones.
She also said James McDougal tried to convince her to testify against Clinton also.
She insisted on testifying in person rather than via video link. The Sun
Mr Molto has agreed to testify at the trial.
Without witnesses testifying to the event, there would be reasonable doubt for an acquittal.
He alleged that he was offered money to testify falsely against me.
All the Joint Chiefs except for Barrow had said, aye aye, sir, we'll go over to Congress to testify in favor of eliminating restrictions on women in combat.
The empty shops in the high street testify to the depth of the recession.
The charge was initially dropped after a witness who was to testify against her failed to turn up at the hearing.
This will testify for me that I was not idle, and that I spared no pains to bring to pass whatever appeared necessary for my comfortable support.
Testifying before the Congressional Oversight Panel that monitors the Treasury's efforts to bail out troubled banks, he said toxic assets were "congesting" the U.S. financial system and hindering efforts to get credit flowing normally. IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy

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