behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
beholding
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present participleof behold.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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
Still, while beholding this inspiring mobilization, a basic question kept nagging at me: How do you even get tens of thousands of people in one Zoom call, let alone 100,000?
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024
This strange association of items creates the sensation of beholding the remains of a scientific experiment, seen through a magnifying lens.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
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
No words can tell the agitation of my spirits occasioned by merely the thought of throwing open that portal and beholding the secrets of the gloomy closet within.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
