behold
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Both indoors and out, Porter proved that there was beauty where one was inclined to behold it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“So low and behold, this is going to be a really good business for us,” Zinsner added, according to a transcript.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Fact: The speed, power, and precision of U.S. air and naval power is indeed something to behold.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026
He went there and, lo and behold, vibrant flowers awaited him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
His breastplate was the aegis, awful to behold; his bird was the eagle, his tree the oak.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
In the Phaedrus, Plato describes the soul sprouting and growing wings when it beholds something beautiful.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In the aria, Sara, Duchess of Nottingham, is hiding her tears from everyone but the audience as she beholds in the tragic tale of the Fair Rosamund a reflection of her own lovelorn grief.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021
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
She beholds to the right and the left a quaking bog of abstractions and metaphysical definitions, whereon if a critic so much as set his foot he is sucked down into the bottomless mire.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
Two wardrobe changes meant that we beheld three glittering gowns in all, beginning with the fluffy canary-yellow number she emerged in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
I had not got as much further down the street as the post-office, when I again beheld Trabb’s boy shooting round by a back way.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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
These products have been verified compliant with modern standards for beholding eclipses.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2024
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
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
Her frantic joy at beholding me again moved me much.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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