personal testimony

collocation in English

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/
us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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testimony
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtes.tɪ.mən.i/
us
/ˈtes.tə.moʊ.ni/
(an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandtestimonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersonal testimony

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Even this formidable list overlooks the pearls of wisdom to be found in the grey literature, including administrative records, annual reports, legislative materials, conceptual critique,personaltestimonyand so on.
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There are those who maintain that editingpersonaltestimonydistorts the intentions of the writer and alters the tenor of their words.
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Outwith statistical studies, the rising foci are on folk religion,personaltestimonyand the construction of the religious self.
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During that conference, four unemployed people gavepersonaltestimonyto show how unemployment was affecting them.
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I wish to bearpersonaltestimonyto the value which these lads get from their training in obtaining after employment.
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He offeredpersonaltestimonyof that fact.
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I apologise to my group for using the common time available to us for such apersonaltestimony, although it is full of political relevance.
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I can only give mypersonaltestimonythat it seems to me in every way to be a perfectly workable test in the courts.
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We heardpersonaltestimonyof how the health service has affected everyone's lives in the past half century.
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I met one pastor who gave mepersonaltestimonyabout the army going into the schools and seeking to explain to the children the meaning of resolution 435.
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Personaltestimonyconducted by the author of this entry.
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He became a renowned motivational speaker known for utilizing emotional,personaltestimony.
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It is more of apersonaltestimonyabout the king than a history of his reign.
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His frustrations lead him to thepersonaltestimonyof a man he meets on the street who had once benefited from charities himself.
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May material of that kind ever be substantial evidence when it stands alone and is opposed by live medical evidence and the client's own contrarypersonaltestimony?
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Personal testimonies illustrate the importance of daughters' leisure access in forging intergenerational economic reciprocity.
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Among the most fascinating - and most moving - accounts contained in this book are two personal testimonies.
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Personaltestimonyis confirmed to us initially and is reaffirmed and enlarged thereafter through a harmonious combining of both the intellect and the spirit.
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The book seeks to recount these difficulties using personal testimonies.
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