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bore witness

vb. (en-simple pastbear witness)

Usage examples of "bore witness".

Traces of peeling glue on the broken edge bore witness to a bungled attempt to repair the damage.

Turpin: my ribs, like the dead woman's head, bore witness to the insensate and unreasoning ferocity of a broken and vicious mind.

Yet despite the flush which bore witness to painful exertion, and the increasing stiffness of his stride, Tarrant refused to slow down for any reason.

Whatever the reason, he acknowledged Martin, and Brucal bore witness.

But Chretien swore that he had seen this hideous thing and knew it to be from Satan, and bore witness that his mother had spoken to it, as if it were an idol.