bidden
Example Sentences
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When and if you are bidden to the journey by a POC who has granted you a brief visit to the darker side of human nature, explore safely.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2020
Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, and many others may have bidden the show farewell, but Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and, yes, Ice-T are killing it these days.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2014
Hallowed by custom on many a U. S. campus are those annual rites to which prospective football material from nearby high schools is bidden to be entertained, inspected and secured.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Soviet Government had for bidden Soviet stations' rebroadcasting the speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew the flood would come, and he had bidden his son build the chest, store it with provisions, and embark in it with his wife.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
