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
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
“You fight hard, but at the end of the day you want to make sure you treat each other with respect,” said Hutchinson, who suggested Biden’s unbidden apology reflected “the good parts of American politics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024
‘I did not know that you were with us in the sortie. But oft the unbidden guest proves the best company. How came you there?’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
