unbidden

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Images from that novel come to me unbidden when I’m alone making ramen, leaning into a cold wind or calming down my hypervigilant Doberman mutt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Her focus is the life stage she dubs “the Final Fifth” that begins at age 80, and her subject is the unbidden changes—physical, social, even existential—those years can bring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Getting a Doan's Bundt cake from Cruise unbidden reinforces the recipient’s high-level social status.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

I wanted to say more, but the thoughts kept coming, unbidden and unwanted.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green