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beheld

American  
[bih-held] / bɪˈhɛld /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of behold.

beheld British  
/ bɪˈhɛld /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of behold

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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

As a kid growing up with showbiz connections in New York City, Lenny Kravitz had already beheld some of music’s most thrilling live acts by the time he was 10 or 11.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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

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

I turned a corner and I beheld an astonishingly huge machine, spotlights bolted to its side, tearing at a wall of coal.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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