hearsay

Example Sentences

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Adams' lawyers had argued the case was based on "an assortment of hearsay" and that it had been brought several decades too late.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

His defence team countered that Duterte had murdered no one and that the prosecution's argument was based on "hearsay" and "conjecture", falling far short of the bar needed to confirm the charges against him.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

It will be fueled by correspondence, hearsay and accusations of the type that only law enforcement can compel and collect, and that are as a result usually kept private absent formal legal proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

At the start of the war, we knew we had to document very carefully what was happening, because without that, everything would be hearsay and speculation.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2025

Certainly they would not have wanted Gregor to starve to death, but perhaps they could not have endured finding out what he ate other than by hearsay.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka