behold
verb (used with object)
to observe; look at; see.
were beholding
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past progressiveof behold.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was the burial of this child, poor little Lilly Kingsley, which Ruth and her grandfather were beholding from the shadowy church-porch on that lovely June morning.
From Stories of Many Lands by Grace Greenwood
Terrified, as though they were beholding the victorious Hannibal, they all take the oath, and deliver themselves to Scipio to be kept in custody.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
These marvellous tableaux, which no painter could render, reminded us of the fairy metamorphoses; only with this difference, that we were beholding upon a mighty scale what imagination could only picture in little.
From Wonderful Balloon Ascents by F. (Fulgence) Marion
And many women were beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him; among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
From Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
As he spoke his eyes were upon his father's face, who looked as if he were beholding a miracle.
From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
