Behold
verb
To look at something.
Behold the sunset, it is beautiful.
Often appears as...
- behold the sight
- behold the beauty
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Formal
Literary, Poetic
verb
To see or observe an event or situation.
Come quickly and behold the strange scene.
Often appears as...
- behold the spectacle
- behold the outcome
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To look at something.
Behold the sunset, it is beautiful.
Often appears as...
- behold the sight
- behold the beauty
Usage tips
Formal
Literary, Poetic
verb
To see or observe an event or situation.
Come quickly and behold the strange scene.
Often appears as...
- behold the spectacle
- behold the outcome
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or poetry to invite the reader to visualize or appreciate something.
Behold the vast empire of the ancient world.
Pro Tip 2/3Imperative Invitation
Often found in imperative form, suggesting the speaker is showing something noteworthy.
Behold, the great wonders of the universe.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Carries a sense of awe or amazement, more dramatic than just looking.
Behold, the intricate design of this tapestry.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or poetry to invite the reader to visualize or appreciate something.
Behold the vast empire of the ancient world.
Pro Tip 2/3Imperative Invitation
Often found in imperative form, suggesting the speaker is showing something noteworthy.
Behold, the great wonders of the universe.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Carries a sense of awe or amazement, more dramatic than just looking.
Behold, the intricate design of this tapestry.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in literature or poetry to invite the reader to visualize or appreciate something.
Behold the vast empire of the ancient world.
Pro Tip 2/3Imperative Invitation
Often found in imperative form, suggesting the speaker is showing something noteworthy.
Behold, the great wonders of the universe.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Carries a sense of awe or amazement, more dramatic than just looking.
Behold, the intricate design of this tapestry.
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Playing the Cape Breton...
in the world, so ten chances to one, the fellow who walked in the door could play it, so you'd have someone come into the house, you'd invite them to play a tune, and lo and behold a little party would start up and somebody would dance, and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing, so it was a wonderful, wonderful way
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Naomi Oreskes: Why we...
and lo and behold it turned out to be true. Starlight actually does bend as it travels around the sun. This was a huge confirmation of the theory. It was considered proof of the truth of this radical new idea, and it was written up in many newspapers around the globe. Now, sometimes this theory or this model
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It’s time to embrace our...
subsequent employment growth places with big firms are typically thought to be significantly less entrepreneurial and lo and behold they grow at far lower rates small firms smart people and connections to the outside world these are the keys to urban success in the world today now the most entrepreneurial
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A call to men PIPE Tony...
and I stand there long enough that I could have actually done something. So now I'm no longer trying to figure out what I'm going to do; I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get out of this room. So in my 12 years of wisdom, I zip my pants down, I walk out into the room, and lo and behold to me,
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Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
This, like, red sandstone desert out here in the Four Corners is some of the most beautiful land in the world. It's really just something to behold. And that's why I love doing these trips is to really embed yourself in the landscape, to really slowly move through it,
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Why being respectful to...
Take texting while someone's speaking to you. Some of us may find it rude, others may think it's absolutely civil. So it really depends. It's all in the eyes of the beholder and whether that person felt disrespected.
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A Darwinian theory of...
Your distant ancestors loved that shape and found beauty in the skill needed to make it, even before they could put their love into words. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? No, it's deep in our minds.
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
Nothing seemed to help. Days went by. At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife. And lo and behold, the hiccups went away. He told his doctor, who published a case report
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You owe it to yourself...
And for the first time in my life, I just felt viscerally connected to the universe in all of its immensity. Time stopped, or it just kind of felt nonexistent, and what I beheld with my eyes --
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Is there a difference...
After all, if our appreciation of objects and their makers is so conditioned by our culture and history, then art and its definition are truly in the eye of the beholder.
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Playing the Cape Breton...
in the world, so ten chances to one, the fellow who walked in the door could play it, so you'd have someone come into the house, you'd invite them to play a tune, and lo and behold a little party would start up and somebody would dance, and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing, so it was a wonderful, wonderful way
Video examples
Naomi Oreskes: Why we...
and lo and behold it turned out to be true. Starlight actually does bend as it travels around the sun. This was a huge confirmation of the theory. It was considered proof of the truth of this radical new idea, and it was written up in many newspapers around the globe. Now, sometimes this theory or this model
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
subsequent employment growth places with big firms are typically thought to be significantly less entrepreneurial and lo and behold they grow at far lower rates small firms smart people and connections to the outside world these are the keys to urban success in the world today now the most entrepreneurial
Video examples
A call to men PIPE Tony...
and I stand there long enough that I could have actually done something. So now I'm no longer trying to figure out what I'm going to do; I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get out of this room. So in my 12 years of wisdom, I zip my pants down, I walk out into the room, and lo and behold to me,
Video examples
Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
This, like, red sandstone desert out here in the Four Corners is some of the most beautiful land in the world. It's really just something to behold. And that's why I love doing these trips is to really embed yourself in the landscape, to really slowly move through it,
Video examples
Why being respectful to...
Take texting while someone's speaking to you. Some of us may find it rude, others may think it's absolutely civil. So it really depends. It's all in the eyes of the beholder and whether that person felt disrespected.
Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
Your distant ancestors loved that shape and found beauty in the skill needed to make it, even before they could put their love into words. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? No, it's deep in our minds.
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
Nothing seemed to help. Days went by. At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife. And lo and behold, the hiccups went away. He told his doctor, who published a case report
Video examples
You owe it to yourself...
And for the first time in my life, I just felt viscerally connected to the universe in all of its immensity. Time stopped, or it just kind of felt nonexistent, and what I beheld with my eyes --
Video examples
Is there a difference...
After all, if our appreciation of objects and their makers is so conditioned by our culture and history, then art and its definition are truly in the eye of the beholder.
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Quote examples
John Lewis
American Politician
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images - it's almost like music. They say music is a universal language, but when the eyes behold something, a figure, somebody moving; it's real, and it cannot be denied.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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Derek Luke
American Actor
He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Jesus Christ
Leader
I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
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H. G. Wells
English Author
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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John Lewis
American Politician
Comics, in a sense, the style, the images - it's almost like music. They say music is a universal language, but when the eyes behold something, a figure, somebody moving; it's real, and it cannot be denied.
Quote examples
Walt Whitman
American Poet
I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
Quote examples
Derek Luke
American Actor
He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
Quote examples
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
Quote examples
Jesus Christ
Leader
I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
Quote examples
Richard Bach
American Novelist
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
Quote examples
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
Quote examples
H. G. Wells
English Author
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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