Sentence examples for testifies of from inspiring English sources
The phrase "testifies of" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression is "testifies to." Example: "Her actions testify to her commitment to the cause."
Tolerance was limited, as many a pogrom in European cities testifies of the past, or sectarian riots in South Asian or Indonesian cities do today.
A1 Girl Testifies of Sexual Abuse In a soft, almost babyish voice, a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl testified about a weeklong ordeal in which a Long Island man who had lured her over the Internet held her captive, assaulted her, ordered her to have sex with him and his girlfriend, bound her with rope and choked her until she passed out.
Bill Gates ("Gates Testifies of Dire Results if Penalties Stand," Business Day, April 23) says that if Microsoft is forced to provide customizable software, "instead of being able to buy a machine with Windows and knowing that all your applications would run, you wouldn't have that assurance".
This jump testifies of a rare ability to explore novelties.
This attitude, in our opinion, testifies of a creative, inventive and mind-opening usage of a technological ideology.
Historical monitoring testifies of the reversibility of SWI in the carbonate aquifer, as evidenced by a decrease of the Cl− concentrations in groundwater following restrictions on groundwater abstraction.
To examine the relative qualifications of expert witnesses testifying on behalf of plaintiffs vs defendants in ophthalmology malpractice litigation.
Dozens of victims testified of atrocities.
He kept notes, he testified, of Mafia members in the city and he had delivered them to the prosecutors.
Italy was now "bereft"—as Dante, who witnessed these developments, testified—"of its two suns," both the papacy and the empire.
Asked by his lawyers on Monday whether he was asked to keep the information confidential, Mr. Cuban testified, "Of course not, because I didn't".
