Witnessing

After witnessing the crime Tom suffered from shock.

Witnessing cruelty to animals, children may become cruel.

After witnessing, in horrified fascination, a few of Tom's temper tantrums, Mary refused to play golf with him any more. Even though Tom was a former golf pro, he would sometimes have hissy fits, furiously shouting at his caddy and breaking his own golf clubs.

Today we are witnessing an impoverishment: the apparent drying up of resources for all kinds of things that are badly needed. We seem to have no money for housing, for education, or for health and social services. And yet we have a deficit, and we are told by candidates for public office that we must cut the federal budget even more. This impoverishment is a mystery.

Daphnis, who quitting his goats had betaken himself to the woods to cut some green branches as winter-fodder for his kids, looked down from among the trees and witnessing the ravages promptly hid himself in the hollow of a decayed tree.

We're witnessing a surge in Algerian nationalism.

We're witnessing an unprecedented surge in Algerian nationalism.

We are just now witnessing a nail-biter election in the US.

Algeria is witnessing a remarkable economic transformation.

According to the eschatology of your modish religion, this world would end soon. My Auntie Modie and Uncle Lex waited and waited, but they passed away without witnessing the end of this world. The same was with my father and grandmother who both had the same religion. Are you sure that your generation is so privileged to see the end? Why would you have children? Your religion is not long-view Oriental.