How to Use eyewitness in a Sentence

eyewitness

noun
  • He was able to give an eyewitness account of the shooting.
  • The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.
  • No eyewitnesses saw the killer enter or leave the house and the killer fled with the murder weapon.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2019
  • According to an eyewitness, the mishap occurred around 7:30 p.m. when the crates burst through the back doors of the postal truck.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2019
  • An eyewitness said streaks of blood could be seen through her blonde hair.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • An eyewitness said the man fired the shot when the police tried to overpower him.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
  • There was no camera footage of the killing, and no eyewitnesses.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • No eyewitnesses placed him at the house on Moran Street.
    — Anna Clark, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The heist occurred in broad daylight and was even caught on video by an eyewitness.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The eyewitness took a video and called the Pearl River police, who arrived at the church and viewed that recording.
    — Sara Pagones, NOLA.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The murder weapon has not been found and there were no eyewitnesses.
    — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • An eyewitness told The Mirror that the two had a dinner date outside with drinks.
    — ELLE, 11 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • But eyewitnesses to the fire said two house cats may have perished.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Video shot by an eyewitness appears to show the army shooting toward the crowd.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The case against him hinged on the testimony of one eyewitness.
    — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
  • As always, the hope would be to find an object that has eyewitness value, so to speak.
    — Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But one of the officers did speak with a second eyewitness that day.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 27 May 2023
  • But the court found that Fairfax did not give CBS any reason to believe there was an eyewitness at the time of the broadcast.
    — Washington Post, 23 June 2021
  • Manzoni’s, based on an eyewitness account, is a close cousin of those.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • In that time, the only eyewitness to the shooting, the hotel clerk, died, according to court records.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Authorities were then able to identify Torres-Chirinos as a suspect because surveillance video and an eyewitness placed his car at the scenes of both crimes.
    — Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Once she was transported to an area hospital, neighbors and eyewitnesses told police another person had been shot inside the home.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025

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