beholder

Example Sentences

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Victory will then be in the eye of the beholder.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The collector’s psychology is in the eye of the beholder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Of course pragmatism lies in the eyes of the beholder.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Now that we’re in the sort of postnominations phase of the awards season, it’s become a time for controversies, whether they’re ginned up by competing movies or not is in the eye of the beholder.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

There is no right or wrong way to add body percussion to enhance the rhyme; it is all in the ear of the beholder!

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin