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Beheld meaning

simple past and past participle of behold

Using Beheld

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of behold
  • In the example corpus, beheld often appears in combinations such as: beheld the, they beheld, beheld this.

Context around Beheld

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Beheld

  • In this selection, "beheld" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, first, picchu, duck, terrorist, lord and explores stand out and add context to how "beheld" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include death they beheld his murderous and donald duck beheld this exchange. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "beheld" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with beheld

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Parashurama did as he was told and beheld Lord Vishnu himself. (11 words)

Eyes never beheld the sea so angry, so high, so covered with foam. (13 words)

The king beheld the knight and said: 'To whom shall I yield me? (13 words)

They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men; but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron. (39 words)

Life enhancements these are, and enriched am I for having climbed the Great Wall of China, explored Machu Picchu, beheld the Taj Mahal, swum with whale sharks off La Paz and just barely made it to Cuba. (37 words)

As, however, the pope remained silent for long periods at a time, the servant made a hole in the curtain and, looking through, beheld a dove seated upon Gregory's head with its beak between his lips. (37 words)

The king beheld the knight and said: 'To whom shall I yield me? (13 words)

Example sentences (14)

Maybe they did, and when they came to the stanza about the Angel of Death, they beheld his murderous ways before their eyes.

It was on the day when the white man’s blood mixed with the streams of our forests that I first beheld this chief.

During the last 12 months, the world has beheld terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, aggression of Russian football fans during Euro-2016 in France, and bombings in Aleppo.

It was a strikingly blue-hued sky that beheld our ‘Paw Patrol’ flying apparatus.

Life enhancements these are, and enriched am I for having climbed the Great Wall of China, explored Machu Picchu, beheld the Taj Mahal, swum with whale sharks off La Paz and just barely made it to Cuba.

My inner Donald Duck beheld this exchange and quacked that this conversation might as well be about ’ famously loopy and cryptic level design.

A Croftdene mother of one jumped to her death from the new Umgeni Road interchange onto the N2 south bound, leaving passing motorists and travellers aghast at the gruesome sight that beheld them, on Sunday morning.

As, however, the pope remained silent for long periods at a time, the servant made a hole in the curtain and, looking through, beheld a dove seated upon Gregory's head with its beak between his lips.

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Eyes never beheld the sea so angry, so high, so covered with foam.

Parashurama did as he was told and beheld Lord Vishnu himself.

The documentary Beauty in the Eyes of the Beheld explores both the societal blessings and curses of female beauty through interviews of women considered beautiful.

The king beheld the knight and said: 'To whom shall I yield me?

They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men; but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron.

When the King asks Elsa who shall be her champion, Elsa describes a knight she has beheld in her dreams (Narrative: "Alone in dark days").

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Common combinations with beheld

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "beheld" in a sentence?
An example: "Maybe they did, and when they came to the stanza about the Angel of Death, they beheld his murderous ways before their eyes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "beheld" from authentic English texts.
What does "beheld" mean?
Beheld means: simple past and past participle of behold
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