How to Use lo and behold in a Sentence

lo and behold

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  • And lo and behold, there will be the candy.
    Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And lo and behold, makes it to the plane with her vest no questions asked.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Keith showed us how to set bent-nail hooks, and the next day lo and behold!
    Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • And lo and behold, the team were already thinking about this.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Well, lo and behold, the war in Vietnam got into full swing.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And then Harry — lo and behold — walks through his own apartment door.
    Zing Tsjeng, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And then, lo and behold, one day Netflix got in touch to ask about this exact idea.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But lo and behold, the breeder had a 4-year-old girl available for adoption.
    Joann Schaffer, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The bet was for $1,000 and, lo and behold, Ehrlich was wrong about them all.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
  • And lo and behold, a really cool investment came across our desk.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But lo and behold to find out, everybody took that as a threat, literally.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And lo and behold, the Globes are back to officially kick off awards season.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But lo and behold, at the bus stop, Lopez spots a beautiful hummingbird in the rain.
    Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But, lo and behold, the new group more than held its own and housed several would-be collegiate players.
    Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And lo and behold, AT2018hyz was lighting up the skies again.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2022
  • And, lo and behold, Disney just announced a price increase for Disney+.
    Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And lo and behold, here are five incredible price drops on quality hardware, just for you.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 19 July 2024
  • And lo and behold, new life was breathed into Allende, the visionary prophet of a new order.
    Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But, lo and behold, the Jackson impulse ended up sweeping all before it.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Feb. 2023
  • And lo and behold, there was no advantage to fasting in terms of weight or various blood measurements.
    Frederik Jötten, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And lo and behold, in the midst of our current political firestorm, witches are having a comeback.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • If one tires of the finger-pointing and flips to another channel, lo and behold, there is shameless crowing!
    Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But lo and behold, here came Mickelson to restore a bit of LIV pride.
    Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But then, lo and behold, a cold front swept through the gulf formerly known as Mexico and this state lost its collective mind.
    Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Well, lo and behold, after the jetway was pulled back, the flight attendants carry five bags up to the front during a final safety check.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Her husband went to check in on the status of the search at the police station and lo and behold, there was Bernie, nestled in the police chief's arms.
    Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The Grove last night and lo and behold strolling through the front aisle was a proud pappa holding his youngster with a set of earphones on — both grinning from ear to ear.
    Janine Schaults, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Well, lo and behold, the investigator responds back and says, 'The only thing that's there is an empty parking lot.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But then, lo and behold, here came Deus Ex Jesse to save things with a timely re-entrance into the storyline proper.
    ArsTechnica, 12 May 2025
  • As for Milkman, after 365 practice days, lo and behold, becoming bilingual is at last on the horizon for her.
    Aneesh Rai, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2024

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