ATTEST in a Sentence

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Having served as a member of the Grand Jury, I can attest that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.

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 Meanings and Examples of ATTEST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
attest
 v.  testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
Classic Sentence:
1  A tear seemed to dim her eye when she saw us, but she quickly recovered herself, and a look of sorrowful affection seemed to attest her utter guiltlessness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  These facts are attested by Siborne; and Pringle, exaggerating the disaster, goes so far as to say that the Anglo-Dutch army was reduced to thirty-four thousand men.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
3  a little relief, to get oneself attested by the authorities as though.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS
4  I dressed myself as quickly as possible; my slow and stiff motions all attested that the effects of the narcotic were not yet entirely dissipated.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
5  The awe which these reflections inspired was attested by the impressive silence and the ranks of staring eyes.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  I never attested any such document.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
7  First: The uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
8  Albert opened the paper, it was an attestation of four notable inhabitants of Yanina, proving that Colonel Fernand Mondego, in the service of Ali Tepelini, had surrendered the castle for two million crowns.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.
9  These fathers, otherwise so apostolic, lacked Heaven's last and rarest attestation of their office, the Tongue of Flame.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
10  Nor must there be omitted another strange attestation of the antiquity of the whale, in his own osseous post-diluvian reality, as set down by the venerable John Leo, the old Barbary traveller.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
11  Not a hundred years ago, the cess-pool, Mercier attests the fact, was abandoned to itself, and fared as best it might.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU
Example Sentence:
1  Police records attest to his long history of violence.
2  Several witnesses can attest to her good character.
3  Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the democratic opposition party.
4  She is, as countless stories about her attest, deeply religious.
5  Having served as a member of the Grand Jury, I can attest that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.
6  His handling of the crisis attested to his strength of character.
7  The handwriting expert attested to the genuineness of the signature.
8  Luxurious furnishings attested to the wealth of the owner.
9  As was attested by a sheet of ice covering the causeway, where a little brooklet, now congealed, had overflowed after a rapid thaw some days since.