beheld

Example Sentences

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Its concerns and desires are our 21st century concerns and desires, with Hildegard beheld as a proto-feminist icon.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 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

Nothing could pull her mind away from the mouth Milkman was not kissing, the feet that were not running toward him, the eye that no longer beheld him, the hands that were not touching him.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison