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
Newshawk Perkins did as bidden, and had his picture taken.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Soviet Government had for bidden Soviet stations' rebroadcasting the speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now if there is anything mortifying to our feelings when we are young, it is to be told that, and to be bidden to “run away, dear” is still more trying to us.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
