behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
am beholding
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present progressiveof behold (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Who else is more praiseworthy than I, since I am beholding with these eyes of mine, Him of immeasurable prowess whom the very deities are unable to behold without first paying hearty worship?
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
But I am beholding to him for a life And he may brag he gave your grace a wife.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
There's your Hangers, you may deserve a strong pair, and a girdle will hold you without buckles; now I am perfect, and now the proudest of your worships tell me I am beholding to you.
From Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont
Grant mercy, said Sir Launcelot, of your good comfort, for in my great distress, my fair nephew, ye comfort me greatly, and much I am beholding unto you.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory
It may be into my curiosity will creep an element of warm gladness in the wonder which I am beholding outside myself.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
