unbidden
Example Sentences
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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
It all came back unbidden, she said, as she was playing with her own daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Getting a Doan's Bundt cake from Cruise unbidden reinforces the recipient’s high-level social status.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Lyrical scraps would flash unbidden, like hallucinations, in the decades to follow.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
“Ohhh ...” It slipped out of his mouth unbidden, almost a sigh of amazement.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
