beheld

Example Sentences

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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

The first time I beheld the prairie, in a quest for foxes to photograph two years ago, I was drawn by a gathering of people.

From Seattle Times

I beheld America’s dream factory when it produced works of art and imagination like “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “Gone With the Wind,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

From Washington Times

Through the telescope I beheld banded Jupiter holding court with three of its glittering moons and, 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, mists of interstellar gas twining through the Tarantula Nebula.

From New York Times