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

When he left the witness-box, Dr. Arrowsmith made his way to the corner in which one of the policemen had placed Ruth after giving her evidence.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"No," she said at last, growing deadly pale and grasping the woodwork of the witness-box convulsively; "I don't know the character in which it is written."

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant