unbidden
Example Sentences
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“It is inconceivable that what is claimed to be the key new information leading to each claimant realizing they had a claim arrived unbidden in the past couple of years.”
From Seattle Times
Cats appeared in human lives seemingly unbidden, sauntering in at the dawn of agricultural settlement but maintaining their distance from total domestication.
From New York Times
“I was only able to get a nibble before Hector—unbidden by me—jerked away,” she said.
From The New Yorker
"What you come upon by means of voluntary memory is of relatively little value. It's what you come upon involuntarily, unbidden, through unexpected memory, that grants you the real treasure."
From Los Angeles Times
He appears unbidden in the kitchen of a dead woman.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
