beheld
Example Sentences
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The uprising is a sight to behold, and this summer I went to Albania and beheld it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Maira, then, and Klymene, and that detested queen, Eriphyle, who betrayed her lord for gold ... but how name all the women I beheld there, daughters and wives of kings?
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
