- present tense form of behold (3rd person singular).
beholds
Example Sentences
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“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
And in the making of “Sincerely,” which beholds her most revealing lyrics yet, authenticity was key.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
In the Phaedrus, Plato describes the soul sprouting and growing wings when it beholds something beautiful.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In the aria, Sara, Duchess of Nottingham, is hiding her tears from everyone but the audience as she beholds in the tragic tale of the Fair Rosamund a reflection of her own lovelorn grief.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021
"Mourn not," she said, as one who beholds a vision.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
