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

He and countless others who had tuned in via social media beheld the flames with awe as they silhouetted a seemingly doomed ski lift terminal.

From Los Angeles Times

I looked my first upon human royalty and beheld her grandeur.

From Literature

But ordinary Russians beheld the Lockshins’ bright, hopeful faces on the news with disbelief and derision.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Science Daily

Howsare argues that what Europeans beheld was the opposite of paradise — in fact “a landscape in crisis.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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