Examples of “eyewitness” in a Sentence

noun A person who personally saw an event happen and can describe or testify to it.

• The judge listened carefully to the eyewitness who saw the car run the red light.
• Police are appealing for eyewitnesses to the crash.
• An eyewitness account placed the suspect at the scene.

verb To be present at and personally see an event as it happens.

• Reporters who eyewitnessed the parade described the colorful floats in great detail.
• I eyewitnessed the whole argument from my seat on the bus.
• Several tourists eyewitnessed the collapse of the bridge.