beheld

past tense of behold

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beheld
Verb
  • The Search For Clean, Delicious, And Nutritious Coffee As a connoisseur of brews, James understood that all across the globe, people were consistently sipping commercial grade coffees laced with harmful chemicals, pesticides and toxins.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Tantric Buddhism understood this, and reminders of mortality abound in its art, in images of skeletons and corpses, and in portraits of deities associated with death.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident.
    Victoria Kim, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso also plunge audiences into the tactile particulars and handcraft of logging, Robert sawing away with numb determination while he’s forced once again to be far away from his wife and child.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • More than 1,200 Britons have been recognized and are set to receive royal accolades for their work in a variety of industries in the 2025 honors list.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the other five Bills defenders all remain in traffic not realizing the play is heading in the other direction quickly enough, Milano already recognized the fake pitch, shifted his weight and exploded toward the way Rodgers was rolling, seeing Adams about to be the target in the flat.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Beach House is regarded as one of the most popular dream-pop bands.
    Jackson Hawkins, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Widely regarded as the cradle of China’s LLMs, the university has cultivated an extensive talent pool and a cadre of researchers.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But as Sophie Turner began appearing in movies and TV shows outside of the Song of Ice and Fire universe, the world quickly realized that the lady has real range.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The sooner that is realized, the easier all paths become.
    Paige Francis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Junior teammate Molly Finn also appreciated Smith’s versatility.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Markets like Europe and Asia’s in particular have really appreciated the sports tourer.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Beheld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheld. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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