Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who beholds; a spectator; one who looks upon or sees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who beholds; a spectator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
observes orbeholds ; anobserver orspectator - noun fantasy A fictional
monster inroleplaying games , a floatingorb offlesh with a large mouth and manyeyes onstalks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
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Examples
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Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is my point.
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That beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a truism the beauty giants are all too aware of as they cash in on the hang-ups of different races.
Changing faces: cosmetics firms are forced to find a new image as beauty goes truly global 2011
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That beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a truism the beauty giants are all too aware of as they cash in on the hang-ups of different races.
Changing faces: cosmetics firms are forced to find a new image as beauty goes truly global 2011
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Nobody Really: Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is mypoint.
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Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is mypoint.
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Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is my point.
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Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is mypoint.
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The problem is that the beholder will be a group of unelected bureaucrats who will get to make up the law without any real accountability.
Do you know what is in the Bank Bailout Bill? Matt Johnston 2010
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Nobody Really: Unreasonable is in the eye of the beholder, which is mypoint.
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According to the findings published in ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences’ journal, a lopsided face is less attractive to both Hadza and Britons, so that the age-old idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a romantic myth.
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