unbidden

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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

“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

"Those with the syndrome experience frequent unbidden intrusive memories of the traumatic event."

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023

A.I. isn’t pumping this weird stuff out unbidden.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Then looking around he caught sight of the strangers, and cried out in a dreadful booming voice, “Who are you who enter unbidden the house of Polyphemus? Traders or thieving pirates?”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton