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beheld

American  
[bih-held] / bɪˈhɛld /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of behold.

beheld British  
/ bɪˈhɛld /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of behold

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Other Word Forms

  • unbeheld adjective

Example Sentences

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I once beheld Bob Seger in a dressing room eating a chocolate-chip cookie off a styrofoam plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025

She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

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 • Dec. 24, 2023

Face to face with the cartoon of my own infant anxiety, I lifted the latch, and opened the door, and beheld the secret chamber.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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