bidden

Example Sentences

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It’s as if black people are being bidden to look up from the groundwork of daily living by the very forces that made our single-minded focus necessary.

From The Guardian

Still, as the religion of the Perfect Woman teaches, “it is man’s chiefest honour to be chosen: his highest duty to give, wherever bidden, his love, his devotion, and his loyalty.”

From Washington Post

“Yet we are bidden to be cautious about changing custom, particularly signature custom, particularly custom as hard won as this custom appears to be.”

From The New Yorker

At one point, whether bidden or not, somebody will bring over a big, floppy khachapuri, like a take-out pizza with the cheese on the inside.

From Los Angeles Times

But when bidden to mute ecstasy by politicians who have just blown £9bn on national pride, grownup citizens have every right to count their spoons.

From The Guardian