unbidden

Example Sentences

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Her focus is the life stage she dubs “the Final Fifth” that begins at age 80, and her subject is the unbidden changes—physical, social, even existential—those years can bring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Lyrical scraps would flash unbidden, like hallucinations, in the decades to follow.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2024

And like Peter Falk’s immortal gumshoe, Elsbeth — who will insert herself unbidden into an investigation — asks a lot of questions, some merely out of curiosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

"Those with the syndrome experience frequent unbidden intrusive memories of the traumatic event."

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023

The thought came unbidden, seizing him with iron teeth, but this was not a woman he cared to be indebted to, not even for his little sister.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin