unbidden
Example Sentences
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Images from that novel come to me unbidden when I’m alone making ramen, leaning into a cold wind or calming down my hypervigilant Doberman mutt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
No masterpiece arises unbidden and unprecedented from the mind of its creator, although popular mythology prefers this interpretation to the more complex reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
"Those with the syndrome experience frequent unbidden intrusive memories of the traumatic event."
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023
A.I. isn’t pumping this weird stuff out unbidden.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023
But then some memory would rise, unbidden, and there would be stony silences or spells of churlishness.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
