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How to use behold in a sentence

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Nay, we hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish!
But lo and behold, he finds himself in court and ordered, under the laws of the land, to increase his prices.
And lo and behold, I think he's out of the government now, which is a really good thing.
So she went and turned the TV on, and lo and behold, there he was on television.
I did what he suggested and lo and behold, I had the power to beat those road monsters.
A player in a slump is a sad sight to behold, equal parts wild-eyed desperation and puppy-dog bewilderment.
In the spring wild grasses are a sight to behold and there is wildlife and birdsong to enjoy.
Lo and behold out of the surf popped a little critter, and he proceeded to waddle up the beach and then up the banking for a bit of kip.
The sound of mandolin, crumhorns, bassoons, recorders, and various timpani, being woven into a rock structure is simply a joy to behold.
Then, a couple of years ago, it had a lick of paint and a bit of internal surgery and, lo and behold, it changed name and nationality in one go.
I was walking through the reserve the other day counting butterflies for the Trust and, lo and behold, I saw this young roe deer.
I came out of the 'little house', lo and behold, there was a big snake between me and the back door.
The arrow-straight flight of the ball, the compact athleticism of these men as they flung it, were things to behold.
Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things and my love is poured out upon the Earth.
But moments that behold me in measurable days promise short-term, tearless despair.
Clapping gave way in an instant to the booming thunder as all turned from the singer to behold the tempest in the sky.
She was perfectly cast as the marquise Eloise and her dry, deadpan humour was a joy to behold.
Of all our feathered friends pheasants offer the most gorgeous sight to behold, particularly the male ones.
The beamy portal allowed him to lean on the sill, and to behold the most spectacular view one could only dream of.
The very sight of Loch Lomond ennobles the spirit of all who behold it, even if they're messing it up.
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So Asti ate and drank as Tua had done, and when she had finished and was satisfied, behold!
And now behold what a miracle of reanimation may be wrought by a few handfuls of bread grain!
He thinks, I may not live to behold much of this, but would like to see a cast of his horoscope.
Turning our gaze westward we behold the turrets of the palatial residence which neighbor Bales has erected in razzle Street.
In these men the advocates of Darwinism might well behold the missing link.
And then comes some secondary parasite, some ichneumon fly, and lays an egg within this grub, and behold!
Those Indians hearing this, were astonied beyond measure, and came neerer still more and more to behold me.
And the soul which we behold is in a similar condition, disfigured by ten thousand ills.
The increate perpetual thirst, that draws Toward the realm of God's own form, bore us Swift almost as the heaven ye behold.
Nor do we behold a deus ex machina who is certain to do all that is mild and just.
Lucy's serene grace of devoutness was beautiful, if not edifying to behold.
Cast a doubt on the sainthood of Mrs. Eddy, then you behold an angel in anger.
If we could not enter the land of Canaan, we could at least behold it from Mount Pisgah.
Hearing this speech, I seemed to behold myself swinging by a tow from a tree branch, a death not beseeming one of gentle blood.
Scarcely had the kingfisher and the adder embraced each other when, behold!
But the departure of one of these ships from Kingstown is a sight to behold.
O prince, behold the holy rivers Jala and Upajala, on either side of the Yamuna.
I think there is not in the world so strange an overfall, nor so wonderful to behold.
This mother was as unpleasant to behold as her son was the contrary, thought wilhelmine.
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.
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