beholding

Example Sentences

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There is a particular thrill in beholding a portrait as old and as lifelike as Isidora’s, just over a foot in height and 6 inches wide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Still, while beholding this inspiring mobilization, a basic question kept nagging at me: How do you even get tens of thousands of people in one Zoom call, let alone 100,000?

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2024

This strange association of items creates the sensation of beholding the remains of a scientific experiment, seen through a magnifying lens.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Standing in one of these bathrooms you realize that you are beholding a Gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Sunshine, in fact, bathed the entire afghan, and the play of warm, brilliant light in the pale-blue wool was in itself well worth beholding.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger