Example Sentences

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“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In the Phaedrus, Plato describes the soul sprouting and growing wings when it beholds something beautiful.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“Whenever there is desire, one beholds the manifestations.“

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2020

On the other hand, she receives great kindness and hospitality from nomadic families and beholds, with awe, pristine landscapes and spectacular, star-spangled night skies.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2019

The mind, subdued in awe, is at length overpowered by what it beholds.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)