Get to know Eyewitness better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like witness or spectator.
Eyewitness meaning
Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
Using Eyewitness
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
- Useful related words include: witness, spectator, viewer, watcher.
- In the example corpus, eyewitness often appears in combinations such as: an eyewitness, eyewitness news, your eyewitness.
Context around Eyewitness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 18 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eyewitness
- In this selection, "eyewitness" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, armed, told, sole, present, testimonies and accounts stand out and add context to how "eyewitness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sole eyewitness connected johnson and all armed eyewitness accounts claim. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eyewitness" sits close to words such as anatomy, api and cheered, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eyewitness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An eyewitness told Kuensel that dogs were biting the injured horse before help arrived. (14 words)
At that time, the eyewitness also spotted Meghan and Prince Harry at the restaurant. (14 words)
An eyewitness has told Teesside Live that there were around 10 officers at the shops. (15 words)
An eyewitness reported to the police that she was on Sideline Road opposite her home when she saw the suspect, a resident of Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) come across a bridge north from where she was sitting on a pedal cycle. (42 words)
An eyewitness said that “people were sleeping at that hour and got very little time to react” in the darkness and the confusion as the bus seemed to be dashing and tumbling without any control and enveloped in flames soon afterward. (41 words)
But apart from the usual gamesmanship, your Eyewitness hopes this LGE – in the midst of our oil-fuelled development trajectory – will at long last spur movement towards the promised raison d’etre of local government: empowering the people! (38 words)
But apart from the usual gamesmanship, your Eyewitness hopes this LGE – in the midst of our oil-fuelled development trajectory – will at long last spur movement towards the promised raison d’etre of local government: empowering the people! (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to an eyewitness present, the ex-sweethearts were “cordial,” and the YouTube personality filmed a scene outside the Kentucky courthouse with her siblings after the hearing.
According to an eyewitness, the ambulance was not equipped with any medical equipment, and the driver had to rely on his own knowledge and resources to assist the woman.
According to “several eyewitness testimonies,” the automobile crossed the centre line and entered the bike lane, the outfit alleged.
Although the gang members were likely all armed, eyewitness accounts claim that none of them pulled their weapons when the intruders arrived in the garage, perhaps because of the police uniforms.
An eyewitness called Allegheny County 911 after seeing the woman stumble out of the car and return to the vehicle on Maple Street.
An eyewitness has told Teesside Live that there were around 10 officers at the shops.
An eyewitness reported to the police that she was on Sideline Road opposite her home when she saw the suspect, a resident of Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) come across a bridge north from where she was sitting on a pedal cycle.
An eyewitness said that “people were sleeping at that hour and got very little time to react” in the darkness and the confusion as the bus seemed to be dashing and tumbling without any control and enveloped in flames soon afterward.
An eyewitness said the peculiar decision created a “nightmare” as buses, cars and vans were all forced to wait.
An eyewitness, Tobias Imala, said the cause of the fire which started around 10am was yet to be ascertained as of the time this report was filed.
An eyewitness told Kuensel that dogs were biting the injured horse before help arrived.
An eyewitness to the blaze, a Venezuelan woman whose husband was trapped inside the building and injured in the fire, spoke to Reuters news agency.
An eyewitness who heard the commotion and witnessed the incident, said when Mars came out of the car, he was bleeding across his face and the upper parts of the body.
An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the severity of the incident said Oyeleye also used the cutlass to inflict injuries on the aged woman’s head and legs.
Anyhow, your Eyewitness’s take on the local usage is: there’s nothing “woke” about anyone suggesting we have an “apartheid” state in Guyana.
A SoCalGas spokesperson told Eyewitness News the company expects to make an announcement this week about a significant drop in natural gas rates.
A sole eyewitness connected Johnson to the incident: the cousin of Lamar Rufus, Curtis Rufus.
At that time, the eyewitness also spotted Meghan and Prince Harry at the restaurant.
But apart from the usual gamesmanship, your Eyewitness hopes this LGE – in the midst of our oil-fuelled development trajectory – will at long last spur movement towards the promised raison d’etre of local government: empowering the people!
Eyewitness Dalton Lee sat at a red light and filmed the confrontation on his phone.
Common combinations with eyewitness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: