The Torah came, and Abraham addressed her: "O my daughter, dost thou indeed come to testify against Israel, to say that he violated thy commandments?
We have given to their testimony precedence over that of all other witnesses, for the reason that when men testify against themselves they are under no temptation to exaggerate.
Not until the earth is no more, will its polluted and bloody pages cease to testify against slavery.
While I live, and slavery lives, I must testify against it.
The accused was never compelled, under Hebrew law, to testify against himself; but was permitted and encouraged to offer testimony in his own behalf.
It was therefore difficult to find witnesses who were willing to testify against Him.
The modern rule that the accused cannot be made to testify against himself, unless he first voluntarily takes the witness stand in his own behalf, was substantially true among the ancient Hebrews.
We have also seen that a Hebrew prisoner could not be compelled to testify against himself, and that his uncorroborated confession could not be made the basis of a conviction.
Sheriff O'Neil is loyal to me now, but the moment he knew I was going to testify against Schmitz he would be very bitter against me, and would do whatever those people wanted him to do.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "testify against" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
