eyewitness
noun
eye·wit·ness
ˈī-ˈwit-nəs 
: one who sees an occurrence or an object
especially
: one who gives a report of what has happened
Examples of eyewitness in a Sentence
The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.
He was able to give an eyewitness account of the shooting.
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Police took a man into custody after an hours-long standoff in east Mesa that included the suspect firing gunshots at authorities, according to eyewitnesses.
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The race against time That sentiment drives Yad Vashem’s mission today, as historians race to preserve survivors’ memories while these eyewitnesses to genocide are still alive.
—Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
One eyewitness, who gave his name as Gavin, described seeing one of the men who was initially suspected of being an attacker getting struck down by a police Taser.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
The details surrounding the case, which became the subject of Netflix’s 2015 documentary Making a Murderer, remain unclear, with no official cause of death apart from homicide and no eyewitnesses to the crime.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The race against time That sentiment drives Yad Vashem’s mission today, as historians race to preserve survivors’ memories while these eyewitnesses to genocide are still alive.
—Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
One eyewitness, who gave his name as Gavin, described seeing one of the men who was initially suspected of being an attacker getting struck down by a police Taser.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
The details surrounding the case, which became the subject of Netflix’s 2015 documentary Making a Murderer, remain unclear, with no official cause of death apart from homicide and no eyewitnesses to the crime.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eyewitness
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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyewitness. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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eyewitness
noun
eye·wit·ness
-ˈwit-nəs
: a person who sees an occurrence and is able to give a report of it
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