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unbidden

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un·bid·den  (n-bdn) also un·bid (-bd)
adj.
Not invited, asked, or requested; unasked: unbidden guests; comments unbid and unwelcome.

unbidden
Adjective
Literary not ordered or asked; voluntary or spontaneous: unbidden thoughts came into Catherine's mind


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As unbidden guests are apt to do, they often come at inconvenient times.
What deadly voids and unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.
She was plainly dressed in white linen and a cool muslin blouse, but there was something about her, unmistakable even to Trent, which placed her very far apart indeed from any woman likely to have become his unbidden guest.
 
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