behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
has beheld
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present perfectof behold (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Victor Gensini, an associate professor at Northern Illinois University's Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, recalled one of the more bizarre sights he has beheld in his years of studying these monstrous vortices.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
Your nephew has beheld our children under his banners; our fortunes have been placed in his hands.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe
He has spoken, because he has beheld with his eyes, looked upon, and handled, the very Word of God.
From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
It must be something that He thinks worth seeing—He, who has beheld the glory of God before the worlds were.”
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
It has beheld vast winding lengths of processions darken and glitter across the plain, slowly devoured by the shining city, or issuing from her gates like a monstrous birth.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
