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Example sentences for "beheld the"

  • As dawn broke I beheld the flat, gray waters of the Sound stretching away to the eastward, and there was the boat at the desolate wharf beside the warehouse, her steam rising white in the chill morning air.

  • In contrast, now he beheld the peace in the face of the man whose worldly goods Eldon Parr had taken, and whom he had driven out of the church.

  • Ahead of him he beheld the state-house, its dial aflame in the light, emblematic to him of the presence within it of a spirit which cleansed it of impurities.

  • Not until he beheld the woman in the car did Oswald lay aside his English reserve and yield to the spirit of the scene.

  • I had wandered off alone up the valley of Chamounix, and was resting on the side of the mountain, when I beheld the figure of a man advancing towards me, over the crevices in the ice, with superhuman speed.

  • Frankenstein's Creation It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toil.

  • And, under these circumstances, sea-faring men of all sorts, and even those who had never beheld the sea, occasionally made up the file as soldiers for the various expeditions in vogue.

  • Accordingly, as our student lay perdue in the covert, he beheld the falconer of the household of Clopton with the ready hawk, the grooms with the caparisoned steeds, the coupled hounds, and all the paraphernalia of the field.

  • And when Yaugandharayana came there and beheld the king of Vatsa in fetters, though he had assumed the appearance of a madman, he could not help shedding tears.

  • I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept not thy word.

  • I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

  • If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness: If I beheld the sun, etc.

  • He beheld the moonlight on the sea, the money piled and scattered in that incongruous place, the perturbed faces of the players.

  • He turned, beheld the face of his old schoolmate Sebright, and fell unconscious at his feet.

  • At sight of these horsemen my heart leaped with joy, for among the foremost I beheld the calm, resolute face of Edward Reigart.

  • I heard the plunging paddle, with the sounds of a manly voice; and turning, I beheld the Bambarra.

  • My longing was soon to be gratified; and without a sigh I beheld the hills of my native land sink behind the black waves--not much caring whether I should ever see them again.

  • But, in a while, he stirred and sighed, and presently opened dreamy eyes, and thus it chanced that he beheld the door of his chamber, and the door was quivering as though it had but just closed.

  • Unfortunately, however, the Baron de Morland was riding that way, and when he beheld the transports of Sir Mottram he immediately guessed what had been toward, and he at once began to swear again.

  • The steward was there with his men-at-arms--and as he beheld the widow, he turned to her and began to rail.

  • Friend," said the shepherd simply, as he beheld the Traveller, "Hast thou been long upon the moor?

  • Then the heart of the king was troubled within him and sore afraid because of the sign; within the hall he beheld the hand of an angel writing the doom of the Shinarites.

  • He took the form of a serpent, coiled round the tree of death by devil's craft, and plucked the fruit, and turned aside again where he beheld the handiwork of the King of heaven.

  • The black flame leaped against the evil spirit; and he beheld the captives as they lay in hell.

  • When in the hall of the Hunnish folk, with the king we beheld the fire of the serpent's bed.

  • But when Loki, the son of Laufey, beheld the scene, he was sorely vexed that Baldur was not hurt.

  • While I yet knelt, I fancied I heard a sound behind me; and, turning quickly, beheld the head of a man peering above a point of rock at some little distance.

  • He fixed his eyes upon the party with the candle, and by the feeble light of the dip, he beheld the pale, haggard face of Smallbones, who stared at him, but uttered not a word.

  • Smallbones, rubbing his abdomen, where the corporal had trod hardest, walked into the cabin, where he beheld the dog.

  • After a time he rose again, feint and bleeding, and continued his course at a more moderate pace; but as the wind blew, and whistled among the boughs of the trees, he thought every moment that he beheld the form of the murdered lad.

  • A little glimpse of sky was seen above; Yet by that little I beheld the stars In magnitude and rustle shining forth With more than wonted glory.

  • At length Ruggiero, incessantly pursuing him, issued forth into a great meadow, containing a noble mansion; and here he beheld the giant in the act of dashing through the gate of it with his prize.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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