behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
had beheld
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past perfectof behold.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had told, she said, that in Canada his eyes had beheld for the first time in many months an orange and a banana.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, Straton In Manhattan, loud, vituperative John Roach Straton told a vast throng that crowded the Calvary Baptist Church what he had beheld one morning in Chicago.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they departed, not one of the distinguished guests had a satisfactory explanation for what they had beheld.
From Time Magazine Archive
He testified that he had beheld angels and demons.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Throughout his boyhood he had never seen a colored man, and it had not been long before the time of his enlistment when he had beheld one for the first time.
From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson
