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
It's fun to imagine Catherine Smyth-McMullen, the episode's writer, concocting this exchange while wearing a wry grin, spurred on by knowing what type of man announces himself as a feminist unbidden, especially in 2020.
From Salon
Many commentators diagnosed a Freudian slip: the ex-president’s guilty conscience had reared up, unbidden.
From New York 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
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