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unbidden

[uhn-bid-n] / ʌnˈbɪd n /








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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

At first she thought it must be Less Ellen, along with perhaps Awyss and Feyzi, the chambermaids, and she felt a flicker of annoyance that they had entered unbidden.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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