beheld

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Victor Gensini, an associate professor at Northern Illinois University's Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, recalled one of the more bizarre sights he has beheld in his years of studying these monstrous vortices.

From Salon

Friday, by the time a day has usually revealed itself to the thermometer, we beheld gray skies, felt a 15 mph breeze and measured 52 degrees.

From Washington Post

Didn’t you have to be able to do more than just point an ominous hand that filled the whole Capitol with an eerie wind and sent shivers of horror through all who beheld you?

From Washington Post

“His guitar playing was angry and angular, but his presence — twitchy, confrontational, out of control — was something we’d never beheld before in U.K. pop.”

From New York Times

“His guitar playing was angry and angular, but his presence — twitchy, confrontational, out of control — was something we’d never beheld before in UK pop.”

From Los Angeles Times