witness box

Example Sentences

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Every character is part of a carefully arranged witness-box cast, and the arrangement is too deliberate ly designed to give both sides of the story.

From Time Magazine Archive

His handling of his client in the witness-box had been masterly.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

A bit late now, I think, but only because he’s down there and I’m up here, in the safety of the witness-box.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Police Constable 396 A was here called into court and took up a position close to the witness-box.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

Miser Farebrother, knowing that certain transactions in which he was principal would not bear the light, had submitted to be robbed rather than be dragged into the witness-box and cross-examined.

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold