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beholds

VERB

regard; look at

Synonyms

STRONG

catch consider contemplate descry discern distinguish earmark eye eyeball flash note notice observe perceive regard scan see spot spy survey view watch witness

WEAK

feast one's eyes lay eyes on

Antonyms

STRONG

disbelieve discard disregard forget ignore look away miss misunderstand neglect overlook

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

This experience is reciprocal: the religious believer beholds the deity and is beheld by the deity in turn.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Theologically speaking, pride turns itself inward; it beholds the self and deems it sufficient.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2018

Again, they are like vapours in high altitudes, upon which, if a man's shadow falls, he beholds himself as a giant.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward