behold

It’s wonderful to behold their many primitive-looking screens, buttons, dials and keyboards, and know that these same tools were responsible for the safety of the astronauts as they blasted into the unknown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

With AI images bleeding into the real world at a pace none of us can keep up with, there’s human marvel to behold in Anderson’s madness.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The uprising is a sight to behold, and this summer I went to Albania and beheld it.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Our critic raved that “Both indoors and out, Porter proved that there was beauty where one was inclined to behold it. This show is an invaluable opportunity to do just that.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

A wave passed over my head and I went down and down until I thought I would never behold the day again.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

And in the making of “Sincerely,” which beholds her most revealing lyrics yet, authenticity was key.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

In the Phaedrus, Plato describes the soul sprouting and growing wings when it beholds something beautiful.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

On the other hand, she receives great kindness and hospitality from nomadic families and beholds, with awe, pristine landscapes and spectacular, star-spangled night skies.

From Washington Post ● May 23, 2019

The form and shape under which ghosts appear, are the result of the imagination of the ghost seer only, whether he beholds angels or devils, men or animals.

From Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere

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

He had never beheld such a great, appalling stillness before.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

“The Times posed the question, ‘Will Swift ever voluntarily step away from the spotlight?’ as if beholding a woman in full flow and power invariably summoned the fantasy of her involuntary removal from the scene.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

These products have been verified compliant with modern standards for beholding eclipses.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2024

“And I was beholding it in a Starbucks.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

“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