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.
  • An eyewitness said streaks of blood could be seen through her blonde hair.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • An eyewitness claims to have seen Miller and his friends flee the scene on foot.
    — Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 17 May 2018
  • But eyewitnesses to the fire said two house cats may have perished.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The heist occurred in broad daylight and was even caught on video by an eyewitness.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Read more about the eyewitness accounts here.
    — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The murder weapon has not been found and there were no eyewitnesses.
    — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2019
  • With so few eyewitnesses, the case grew cold within hours and stayed that way.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Find an eyewitness account here and a timeline of events here.
    — Hannah Jewell, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • In their case, a sole eyewitness tied the teenagers to the abduction.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But their telling lacks the same impact as his eyewitness account.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 May 2022
  • There was no camera footage of the killing, and no eyewitnesses.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • There was at least one eyewitness, who appeared to be unharmed.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Manzoni’s, based on an eyewitness account, is a close cousin of those.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • 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 said the man fired the shot when the police tried to overpower him.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
  • But one of the officers did speak with a second eyewitness that day.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 27 May 2023
  • Video shot by an eyewitness appears to show the army shooting toward the crowd.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Each time, he was presented as the only eyewitness to the crime.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That eyewitness, Fox said, has a video that has not yet been publicized.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The case against him hinged on the testimony of one eyewitness.
    — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
  • Feaster found two eyewitness accounts that agreed on the details.
    — Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
  • An eyewitness in Yemen describes what happened when the bombs started to fall.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Here's what to know about the suspect and his crimes, per his children and other eyewitnesses.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • My husband was the only eyewitness.
    — Stephanie MacK, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Marsh’s account is the first to emerge from an eyewitness to the shooting not connected to police.
    — Washington Post, 22 June 2021

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