beheld
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- unbeheld adjective
Example Sentences
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At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025
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
Howsare argues that what Europeans beheld was the opposite of paradise — in fact “a landscape in crisis.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023
It remains firmly planted in our hearts, just as it was in the hearts of the shepherds when they first beheld the baby in the manger.
From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023
He regarded the Plate balanced upon his skinny Knees; & all life left him as he beheld that Mound of Flesh.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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