How to Use corroborate in a Sentence

corroborate

verb
  • At first glance, this video seems to corroborate the claim.
    Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The tools used on the carcass seem to corroborate this theory.
    John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2018
  • The video corroborates reports this groin injury is not nearly as bad as the one last year.
    Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Witnesses and videos corroborate that the teenage girl stayed still while her mom screamed.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Tire markings on the road seemed to corroborate that account, the complaint said.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The reporting corroborates what people have told us off the record.
    Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 18 May 2018
  • Humphrey had not been in contact for years with most of the women who corroborated her account.
    Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Longer video footage sent by the law firm and obtained by The Post corroborates the order of events.
    Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • And Netflix and phone records seemed to help corroborate his story … at least for a while.
    Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Reporters from the Times have not been able to corroborate the existence of such an order.
    Peter Baker and Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
  • An eyewitness on the scene was able to corroborate the victim's account of the attack.
    Dana Guthrie, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The Journal couldn’t corroborate the amount of the ransom payment.
    Robert McMillan, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • The new images and videos seem to further corroborate those design and camera rumors.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022
  • That’s corroborated by my mother, who didn’t know what to do with that.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Say a single thing that corroborates their story, not one.
    Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • The documents, released by the city late last week, corroborate this sequence of events.
    Liz Navratil, Star Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
  • They are seen as a way to corroborate Comey's account in Mueller's probe.
    Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Based on the prediction, the fiery streaks in the sky over Montana appear to corroborate that timing.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 July 2022
  • The release adds that his statement was corroborated by evidence at the scene.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • And yet, after over nine hours, the story has still not been corroborated and the divide over who is telling the truth remains.
    Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Put in pairs to corroborate each other’s results, the dogs got close-to-perfect scores.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Historic files made by public agencies since she was adopted were used to corroborate the claims.
    Jenn Selby, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • On top of that, the other two pilots who were flying with Cassie at the time don’t corroborate her story.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
  • To corroborate and collude with the Russians, with their phony dossier.
    Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Without any stones left to corroborate this copy, the authenticity of the work is suspect.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Through them the analyst can tell stories nobody will ever be able to corroborate.
    Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Elements of that account have been corroborated by others with knowledge of the events.
    Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • On Tuesday night, it could not be corroborated with police that a report was made a year ago.
    Kat Stafford, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019
  • So far, researchers who have tried to corroborate Harpster’s claims have failed.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Science does not corroborate the idea that more guns make people safer on school campuses or anywhere else.
    Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018

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