beheld

Example Sentences

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He and countless others who had tuned in via social media beheld the flames with awe as they silhouetted a seemingly doomed ski lift terminal.

From Los Angeles Times

But ordinary Russians beheld the Lockshins’ bright, hopeful faces on the news with disbelief and derision.

From Los Angeles Times

She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.

From Science Daily

Howsare argues that what Europeans beheld was the opposite of paradise — in fact “a landscape in crisis.”

From Los Angeles Times

It remains firmly planted in our hearts, just as it was in the hearts of the shepherds when they first beheld the baby in the manger.

From Washington Times