beheld

Example Sentences

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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

He and countless others who had tuned in via social media beheld the flames with awe as they silhouetted a seemingly doomed ski lift terminal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

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

When we first beheld our most important Wolf-Rayet target, a star designated WR 104, on a computer monitor, it was a shimmering spiral that resembled a weirdly distorted Christmas bauble.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023

“The bed was uncomfortable,” she said simply, but quickly forgot the captain as she beheld the sunlight.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas