behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
is beholding
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present progressiveof behold (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The swirling brass at the outset followed by Simone’s deep alto scowl, and then those irresistible, skittering glissandos can hardly fail to imbue the sense one is beholding something classic upon each listen.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2016
This blindness to sensuality is accounted for by Plato in the figure, "The lover is his mirror in whom he is beholding himself, but he is not aware of this."
From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Elizabeth Atkins
He gazes at it as at some curiosity which he is beholding for the first time.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
And therefore for this reason it is that old age dotes; and that it does so, it is beholding to me.
From The Praise of Folly by John Wilson
He is beholding the nations and fashioning all their hearts.
From Discipline and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley
