testimony

Definition

  • noun: something that someone says especially in a court of law while formally promising to tell the truth
  • noun: the tablets inscribed with the Mosaic law
  • + 'to'
  • synonyms: affirmation, evidence, confirmation

Examples

  • The popularity of diet fads is a 'testimony to' the fact that people want a quick fix for their health and weight problems.

  • It is 'testimony to' her courage and persistence that she worked for so long in the face of such adversity.

  • There were contradictions in her 'testimony'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yeah. And they were the size and shape of whom? They were the size and shape of most any Baird student, sir. I am left with no real witness. Mr. Willis' testimony is not only vague, it is unsubstantiated. The substance I was Iooking for, Mr. Simms, was to come from you. I'm sorry. (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman