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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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Arriving at the high point of the journey, elevation-wise, Ms. Kessler beholds the Cruz de Ferro, an iron cross regarded as an important source of spiritual uplift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“Whenever there is desire, one beholds the manifestations.“

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2020

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2018

Everyone beholds his own faults and tendencies clearly portrayed, and the result is quite other than reassuring.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon