Unbidden is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Unbidden in a sentence
Unbidden meaning
not invited, requested or asked for
Using Unbidden
- The main meaning on this page is: not invited, requested or asked for
Context around Unbidden
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unbidden
- In this selection, "unbidden" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, appear, apartment and arrive stand out and add context to how "unbidden" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include his apartment unbidden a frequent and mounted therefore unbidden the bed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unbidden" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unbidden
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Per court records, Johnson claims Kihagi entered his apartment, unbidden — a frequent complaint with this landlord. (16 words)
Maybe it is foolish or at best naïve to expect environmental legislation to arrive unbidden from our legislatures. (18 words)
I mounted, therefore, unbidden, the Bed stead – & M. Dubois placed me upon the Mattress, & spread a cambric handkerchief upon my face. (21 words)
One definition of literary value might be the number of any given writer’s phrases or images that appear unbidden in the mind as you are just going about your day. (31 words)
I mounted, therefore, unbidden, the Bed stead – & M. Dubois placed me upon the Mattress, & spread a cambric handkerchief upon my face. (21 words)
Maybe it is foolish or at best naïve to expect environmental legislation to arrive unbidden from our legislatures. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
One definition of literary value might be the number of any given writer’s phrases or images that appear unbidden in the mind as you are just going about your day.
Per court records, Johnson claims Kihagi entered his apartment, unbidden — a frequent complaint with this landlord.
Maybe it is foolish or at best naïve to expect environmental legislation to arrive unbidden from our legislatures.
I mounted, therefore, unbidden, the Bed stead – & M. Dubois placed me upon the Mattress, & spread a cambric handkerchief upon my face.