unbidden
Example Sentences
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“It is inconceivable that what is claimed to be the key new information leading to each claimant realizing they had a claim arrived unbidden in the past couple of years.”
From Seattle Times
A sound that no one wants to hear, whose rawness remains unbidden.
From New York Times
The Giants’ special teams unit would probably have trotted onto the field unbidden in such situations.
From New York Times
Cats appeared in human lives seemingly unbidden, sauntering in at the dawn of agricultural settlement but maintaining their distance from total domestication.
From New York Times
“I was only able to get a nibble before Hector—unbidden by me—jerked away,” she said.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
