beholding

Arabella, who was sitting at work, rose on beholding a stranger—a little confused—but by no means ungracefully so.

Beholding Mrs. Pontellier make her appearance, the girl had at once suspected a lovers' rendezvous.

One weakness Ida could not overcome; the repugnance to beholding herself in her mourning garments.

Can I be as gay as you, after losing the late king, and now beholding my son's kingdom about to burst into flames?

He had worked across from the left column, and we were soon beholding his bright jacket in a tangle of logs and stumps.