Beholding is an English word with synonyms like seeing or perception. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Beholding meaning
present participle and gerund of behold
Synonyms of Beholding
Using Beholding
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of behold
- Useful related words include: visual perception, seeing, perception.
- In the example corpus, beholding often appears in combinations such as: beholding such.
Context around Beholding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beholding
- In this selection, "beholding" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wondered stand out and add context to how "beholding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and wondered beholding the miracles and beholding her blake. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beholding" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beholding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beholding her, Blake is said to have cried, "Stay Kate! (10 words)
Beholding such a sorry sight of this 60-year-old sufferer, little could the pious man suspect of what really lay before him. (23 words)
Because of the great faith of the brother of Jared, he could not be kept from beholding, and saw the finger of the Lord. (24 words)
I cannot express my surprise at beholding such a small, stoop-shouldered man, with reddish hair, freckled face, soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary courage or daring. (29 words)
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, backed the bill, saying ByteDance is beholding to the Chinese Communist Party, and Grassley agrees that TikTok is a threat. (28 words)
Because of the great faith of the brother of Jared, he could not be kept from beholding, and saw the finger of the Lord. (24 words)
Beholding her, Blake is said to have cried, "Stay Kate! (10 words)
Example sentences (6)
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, backed the bill, saying ByteDance is beholding to the Chinese Communist Party, and Grassley agrees that TikTok is a threat.
Beholding such a sorry sight of this 60-year-old sufferer, little could the pious man suspect of what really lay before him.
Because of the great faith of the brother of Jared, he could not be kept from beholding, and saw the finger of the Lord.
Beholding her, Blake is said to have cried, "Stay Kate!
I cannot express my surprise at beholding such a small, stoop-shouldered man, with reddish hair, freckled face, soft blue eyes, and nothing to indicate extraordinary courage or daring.
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Common combinations with beholding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: