a description given by someone who was present at an event
dramatic eye-witness accounts of the fighting
Examples of 'eyewitness account' in a sentence
eyewitness account
This has always been taken as an eyewitness account of what actually went on.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the most useful piece in the jigsaw is an eyewitness account.
The Sun (2015)
But an eyewitness account can soon revive a flagging sense of immediacy.
Globe and Mail (2014)
We rarely have a personal statement or an eyewitness account that provides this information.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
There is one eyewitness account that suggests they might have been.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But the key piece of evidence is an eyewitness account of your seizure.
The Sun (2009)
It was an important eyewitness account from an unusual level.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The book is not primarily an eyewitness account of that protest movement, with its park occupations, running battles and incidents of police brutality.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
One officer was later jailed for fabricating an eyewitness account of the incident and a number of others were dismissed from the force.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Purporting to be an eyewitness account of a brief visit to heaven, it has sold more than 1.3m copies and become a publishing sensation.