(v. t.) To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
(v. i.) To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.
Example Sentences:
(1) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
(2) It’s good to hear a full-throated defence of social security as a basic principle of civilisation, and a reiteration of the madness of renewing Trident; pleasing too to behold how much Burnham and Cooper have had to belatedly frame their arguments in terms of fundamental principle.
(3) The engines, gearboxes and even the doors now have a complexity that sees them constructed elsewhere, but the transformation on this line of the dull sheen of aluminium parts into a moving vehicle at the other end is still something to behold.
(4) Behold "The Spire", a 398ft needle penetrating the sky; symbol of Dublin's thrusting modernity (or, cynics suggest, the grip heroin holds on some parts of the city).
(5) The Queen of the Night by Marc Behm Behm, an American settled in France, wrote one of the great novels of obsessive detective fiction, The Eye of the Beholder.
(6) Behold this from our deputy first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, doing her best Michael Howard impersonation: "Right now, convicted prisoners who are serving prison sentences do not get to vote, and I do not consider that there is a good argument for changing the position for the referendum."
(7) On Obama's mandate for climate change action Mandates are sometimes in the eye of the beholder but I think all who look at these circumstances should agree that president Obama does have a mandate, should he choose to use it, to act boldly to solve the climate crisis, to begin solving it.
(8) The extent to which the hard right will go to perpetuate their views, and frankly, their prejudice, is a sight to behold.
(9) Greece's determination in this World Cup was a thing to behold and, their reputation unfairly traduced, they brought a fair bit of quick-breaking flair to the table too.
(10) The best contributions tell the truth, or if not the truth (a vexatious and flexible concept, given history’s tendency to be somewhat in the eye of the beholder) – then at least truth according to the person providing the story.
(11) Described as Blencathra's "shining beacon" by Alfred Wainwright, who also wrote that the sight of it at close quarters was sufficient "to make a beholder forget all other worries, even a raging toothache", Sharp Edge is a Lake District accident blackspot.
(12) Its headline was to be “Behold the demons we have unleashed”.
(13) And when we get together, lo and behold, we always remember it, it’s always there for us.
(14) "Lo and behold when Michael McCaskey called me and offered me this job it's kind of how it turned out.
(15) But for all that it is the awkward and prickly child of UK rave, the tenacity, love and enthusiasm within the grime scene is something to behold.
(16) Lo and behold, Charlotte Hole, second from the left in the front row in this picture, totes what the Mail says is a £1,100 Mulberry handbag.
(17) The faux-outrage from the right about the AWU cozying up to employers is something to behold, given that conservatives have long insisted the Labor party distance itself from precisely those unions that win the best outcomes for their members.
(18) When they occur, they are delightful to behold and should be cherished.
(19) I went in person on my lunch hour and, lo and behold, was told for the very first time that my party designation can only ever be changed during November each year,” he explained.
(20) Lo and behold, I had this Trump table down there,” Snover said.
Beholder
Definition:
(n.) One who beholds; a spectator.
Example Sentences:
(1) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
(2) It’s good to hear a full-throated defence of social security as a basic principle of civilisation, and a reiteration of the madness of renewing Trident; pleasing too to behold how much Burnham and Cooper have had to belatedly frame their arguments in terms of fundamental principle.
(3) The engines, gearboxes and even the doors now have a complexity that sees them constructed elsewhere, but the transformation on this line of the dull sheen of aluminium parts into a moving vehicle at the other end is still something to behold.
(4) Behold "The Spire", a 398ft needle penetrating the sky; symbol of Dublin's thrusting modernity (or, cynics suggest, the grip heroin holds on some parts of the city).
(5) The Queen of the Night by Marc Behm Behm, an American settled in France, wrote one of the great novels of obsessive detective fiction, The Eye of the Beholder.
(6) Behold this from our deputy first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, doing her best Michael Howard impersonation: "Right now, convicted prisoners who are serving prison sentences do not get to vote, and I do not consider that there is a good argument for changing the position for the referendum."
(7) On Obama's mandate for climate change action Mandates are sometimes in the eye of the beholder but I think all who look at these circumstances should agree that president Obama does have a mandate, should he choose to use it, to act boldly to solve the climate crisis, to begin solving it.
(8) The extent to which the hard right will go to perpetuate their views, and frankly, their prejudice, is a sight to behold.
(9) Greece's determination in this World Cup was a thing to behold and, their reputation unfairly traduced, they brought a fair bit of quick-breaking flair to the table too.
(10) The best contributions tell the truth, or if not the truth (a vexatious and flexible concept, given history’s tendency to be somewhat in the eye of the beholder) – then at least truth according to the person providing the story.
(11) Described as Blencathra's "shining beacon" by Alfred Wainwright, who also wrote that the sight of it at close quarters was sufficient "to make a beholder forget all other worries, even a raging toothache", Sharp Edge is a Lake District accident blackspot.
(12) Its headline was to be “Behold the demons we have unleashed”.
(13) And when we get together, lo and behold, we always remember it, it’s always there for us.
(14) "Lo and behold when Michael McCaskey called me and offered me this job it's kind of how it turned out.
(15) But for all that it is the awkward and prickly child of UK rave, the tenacity, love and enthusiasm within the grime scene is something to behold.
(16) Lo and behold, Charlotte Hole, second from the left in the front row in this picture, totes what the Mail says is a £1,100 Mulberry handbag.
(17) The faux-outrage from the right about the AWU cozying up to employers is something to behold, given that conservatives have long insisted the Labor party distance itself from precisely those unions that win the best outcomes for their members.
(18) When they occur, they are delightful to behold and should be cherished.
(19) I went in person on my lunch hour and, lo and behold, was told for the very first time that my party designation can only ever be changed during November each year,” he explained.
(20) Lo and behold, I had this Trump table down there,” Snover said.