How to Use character witness in a Sentence

character witness

noun
  • Christie, a lawyer, assembled a team to help King and served as a character witness in his case.
    — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
  • Combs’ children were his strongest character witness.
    — Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Darley then called a character witness, a woman who detailed her journey to provide care for Williams, as his legal guardian.
    — Jared Boyd, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Kim also serves as a character witness, telling Lalo that Jimmy is a man of integrity.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Gesenhues on Monday called three character witnesses for Raake.
    — Aprile Rickert, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
  • Philonise Floyd testified as a character witness during the trial earlier this month.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Above all, his characters witness, suffer and reflect with a hyper-real intensity.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2019
  • Ryan Routh, acting as his own defense, called three witnesses to the stand Monday — a firearms expert and two character witnesses.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors also asked to exclude from trial any character witnesses Bessner may try to call.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2018
  • Dominguez’ attorney asked that the judge set aside a full hour for his client’s sentencing hearing, as many people were expected to ask to speak on his behalf, as character witnesses.
    — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
  • In a side plot, Ford’s police character witnesses his partner illegally shoot someone.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 June 2023
  • Brandon Short said that two men, at least one being a former teammate, testified as character witnesses on behalf of Smith.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The finale alone gave us a wealth of high jinks independent of the trial featuring the anti-Larry character witnesses.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The character witnesses ranged from Busfield's kindergarten friends to neighbors, former costars and family members.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Those taking the stand include Betty’s husband, Allan Gore, sounding more like a character witness for the accused.
    — Dallas News, 10 May 2022
  • O’Neill’s brother-in-law, who was a sergeant in the National Guard at the time, and had served in Afghanistan, testified as a character witness.
    — Tom Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
  • The defense this week called six people to testify as character witnesses, including Penny’s sister and mother.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • As one of the city’s leading African-American pastors, Hammond makes an excellent character witness on the issue of race.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • And when Anderson asked to be released on bond, Gantt was there to serve as a character witness along with eight Georgia football players in asking for his release.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Adding to Judge’s anger was the fact that costar Kelly Dodd had been contacting Jim, offering to be subpoenaed as a character witness in his case.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The government questioned 38 witnesses over seven days, while Routh called just three witnesses in three hours, a firearms expert and two character witnesses.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, Remini served as a sort of character witness for Haggis.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Wright said those two character witnesses were assistant coaches on the team, until school directors on the board spoke out at their meeting this week, including Matt Holtzman.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The club’s director, Maxim Rybakov, testified as a character witness on Thursday.
    — Dallas News, 19 July 2022
  • Volatile spouses are not usually the most reliable character witnesses, so quoting Taubes’s reference to his wife as Krupskaya can hardly convince.
    — Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Adam Hollingsworth, who gained national fame and adoration last year attending protests and community events on horseback, wanted to call Lightfoot as a character witness.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The defense may also seek to bring as character witnesses other patients who were examined without any problems or argue that the victims exaggerated their claims in hopes of getting a civil payout.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com, 2 July 2019
  • Judge Subramanian allowed five of Combs’ attorneys to argue for a lenient sentence on his behalf in addition to the character witness statements.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Defense lawyer Patrick Gibbs rested his case after reading statements from 10 character witnesses who praised the actor’s work and compassion toward others.
    — Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • When Cohn was about to be disbarred in 1986 for defrauding his clients and for taking advantage of a dying and incompetent man, character witnesses began to emerge.
    — Dwight Garner, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2019

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