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n. (context idiom English) Something amazing or spectacular
Usage examples of "sight to behold".
Others rush forward to gape, and he stares back, for it is a sight to behold-all these faces and forms, jabbering to one another in shared astonishment at the spectacle of him- then rushing about, striving together as a team, paddling toward him with rescue their clear intent.
She was so easily thrown into furies, and so raged and stamped in her baby way, that she was a sight to behold, and the men-servants found amusement in badgering her.
The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated.
Teyle would have to crawl in order to move about inside, and while that might be an interesting and pleasant sight to behold, it might also rub raw spots upon her knees.