behold
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For sheer spectacle, behold the first physical build of General Grievous’ Wheel Bike, an invention previously only realized in CGI but built specifically for the museum at Lucas’ request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But in that 1967 episode, when she was still an unknown, the only glimmer to behold was embroidered on the host’s jacket.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Ming dynasty floating-crab cup is a marvel to behold.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 1776, American cities weren’t much to behold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
She pulled it up again and lo and behold, there was water in the bucket.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Arriving at the high point of the journey, elevation-wise, Ms. Kessler beholds the Cruz de Ferro, an iron cross regarded as an important source of spiritual uplift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
This experience is reciprocal: the religious believer beholds the deity and is beheld by the deity in turn.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Two-thirds into “Drifts” the narrator realizes she is pregnant, and as she beholds her “exquisitely tender and changing body” her diction stoops slightly into the hackneyed.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2020
The performance will be conducted by Carl St.Clair and will feature Tess Altiveros as the Child who beholds the magic spells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2019
The mind, subdued in awe, is at length overpowered by what it beholds.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
The uprising is a sight to behold, and this summer I went to Albania and beheld it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
As a kid growing up with showbiz connections in New York City, Lenny Kravitz had already beheld some of music’s most thrilling live acts by the time he was 10 or 11.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
It remains firmly planted in our hearts, just as it was in the hearts of the shepherds when they first beheld the baby in the manger.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Something shifted in the reflection of the window, and she whirled as she beheld the man standing behind her.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
“And I was beholding it in a Starbucks.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Allison meets Viktor when she returns and, upon beholding his true presentation, chastises herself for not realizing it all along.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2022
“He looks as skinny as a rail,” Regina said upon beholding her famous son, and she almost burst into tears.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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