hearsay

Example Sentences

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Adams' lawyers have claimed the case is built on "an assortment of hearsay evidence" and have criticised the timing of the case, which is being brought several decades after the attacks.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Adams' lawyers have claimed the case is built on "an assortment of hearsay evidence".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

Since I had neither a driver’s license nor a girlfriend, I knew both those things only by hearsay.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam