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Antonyms for beheld


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-held
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈhɛld



Definition of beheld

Origin :
  • past tense and past participle of behold.
  • verb regard; look at
Example sentences :
  • Again I beheld Mr Clayton immersed in the doings of the place.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The bitterest hour that I have known, was that in which you fell, and I beheld your fall.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • That I am not now; nor have I been from the moment I beheld this angel of a woman.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Now Vavasor was in reality not a little disgusted at what he beheld.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She can be the most dignified young woman on occasion that I ever beheld.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Realization came, as he beheld the woman laughing at him through the window.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • All in the room were looking at me as if never before had they beheld my beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • This staff, in fact, was the oddest-looking staff that Philemon had ever beheld.
  • Extract from : « The Miraculous Pitcher » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Gazing at Medea, he beheld a wonderful intelligence in her face.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Nice is the most beautiful city in France, I am tempted to say the most beautiful city I ever beheld.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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