Synonyms of testifying

testifying

verb

present participle of testify

as in attesting

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact

several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attesting
• swearing
• witnessing
• verifying
• deposing
• bearing witness
• promising
• vowing
• vouching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of testifying

Martine Moïse described the attack while testifying earlier this year at the trial of four men who were ultimately convicted in the conspiracy to kill her husband. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

The court also found that Weinstein had been unfairly discouraged from testifying in his own defense by the prospect that prosecutors could cross-examine him about uncharged allegations. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Steinem’s activism snowballed from there, campaigning for female political candidates and testifying before the Senate on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

After the visit Before Puente was sentenced in 1993, Welch received a call about testifying on her behalf. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The inquiry, whose findings were released this week, took almost three years, with some sixty days of hearings and more than a hundred witnesses testifying, at a cost of roughly twenty-four million dollars. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

In May, Cloobeck was arrested and charged with three counts of attempting to dissuade a witness from testifying and one count of harassment for making annoying phone calls, according to a criminal complaint. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Digital witnesses are already testifying Courts have confronted household data for years. — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

O’Connell is one of the many first responders who spent years advocating and testifying in Congress for better health coverage for first responders. — Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026