How to Use testify in a Sentence

testify

verb

• He testified that he'd seen two people leave the building on the night of the murder.
• He agreed to testify against his drug dealer.
• She refused to testify about who had given her the information.
• These statistics testify that the program is working.
• Several people testified during the revival meeting.
• She testified before Congress today.
• Trump failed to testify or even show up at the first trial last spring.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• Zilis testified on the sixth day of the trial.
  — David Ingram, NBC news, 6 May 2026
• Brett Yaro testified for about an hour.
  — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
• Wilcox hasn’t ruled yet on whether or not the three will be allowed to testify.
  — Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• And Coles will testify to that.
  — Alex Zietlow, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Kyle Williams hit him in the face, Pouncey testified.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
• Popov testified that Sibley chased him and punched him in the head.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2026
• Arielle Konig testifies this month.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
• The victim in the case testified at the four-day trial.
  — Austen Erblat, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Over and over, officials testified that this was not about regime change.
  — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Some also testified about wearing gas masks in their own homes.
  — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
• And yet here the two men were, dressed in suits, testifying at the state capitol.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
• About 70 people signed up to testify on the bill.
  — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
• Gates testified for nearly six hours.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 10 June 2026
• Swinson testified in support of that bill as well.
  — Allie Gross, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
• On her way to testify in a mob case, Holloway is killed by a hitman.
  — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
• Who has been called to testify before the special grand jury so far?
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Nov. 2022
• The trooper did not testify that Persinger tried to hide the people in the car.
  — Alejandro Serrano, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Dec. 2024
• Routh declined to testify in his own defense.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
• But during the case’s only trial last year, he was not called to testify.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• Remember, we were asked to go and testify.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Rodich testified he was supposed to get a ride home from McGee that night.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Of those, at least five have been requested to testify for the defense.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
• Parker did not testify in her own defense.
  — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 18 May 2026