behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
are beholding
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present progressiveof behold.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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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
Perhaps we are beholding yet another break in the chain that links child to home.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is cursed all over the four ancient highways of England; none but the blind men that sell switches in the road are beholding to him.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
"Going Up" SMITH—"Do you realize that we are beholding the completion of a great cycle in history?"
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
This is not the intention: it is a spectacle of life we are beholding; and life is action.
From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur
