unbidden

Example Sentences

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Her focus is the life stage she dubs “the Final Fifth” that begins at age 80, and her subject is the unbidden changes—physical, social, even existential—those years can bring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 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

And like Peter Falk’s immortal gumshoe, Elsbeth — who will insert herself unbidden into an investigation — asks a lot of questions, some merely out of curiosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

As the music reverberated upon the air, unbidden, unwelcome thoughts slunk into Harry’s mind...

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling