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
A theory implies that the theorist has looked long and steadfastly till he is clear in his own mind concerning the nature of the thing which he is beholding.
From Canterbury Pieces by Samuel Butler
Nature enhances her beauty, to the eye of loving men, from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
He gazes at it as at some curiosity which he is beholding for the first time.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
Well, all London, nay, all England, is beholding to me for putting Fraud out of this world.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
