beheld

[ bih-held ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of behold.

beheld

/ bɪˈhɛld /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of behold

Other Words From

• unbe·held adjective

Example Sentences

Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her.

From The Daily Beast

Upon their arrival in Rockaway on Friday, the sisters were stunned by the destruction they beheld.

From The Daily Beast

On the 6th of August we beheld, for the first time, flying fish, but at such a distance that we could scarcely distinguish them.

From Project Gutenberg

I looked up at sound of a startled exclamation, and beheld the round African physog of Lyn Rowan's colored mammy.

From Project Gutenberg

For a moment Mrs. Chester did not answer; then she looked up and, as if in reply to her own perplexity, beheld Jim Barlow.

From Project Gutenberg

As if within her bonny smile and unshrinking friendliness he beheld something new and wonderfully beautiful.

From Project Gutenberg

Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• attended
• checked
• detected
• noticed
• realized
• recognized