She had lain down, because they had bidden her do so, and told her that nothing could be done while night lasted.
He acknowledged my presence by a wink, but saluted my companions in the coldest manner possible, proceeding at once to march us without a word spoken to the door of the house, where we were again bidden to stand.
They profess to think that we should have shut our gates on the Butcher of Magdeburg, and bidden him do his worst.
Then I gathered, I cannot say why, that the Waldgrave would not speak until after the great banquet to which the general had bidden my lady.
It is above, whither also we are bidden raise our hearts and look for the Lord.
If, however, Navarre should hesitate to obey the summons, the agent was bidden to frighten him into compliance.
A public proclamation had bidden every householder display from his windows the most beautiful and costly tapestries he possessed.
At the same time the prohibition of the use of insulting language and acts was renewed, and both parties were bidden to place their arms in the hands of the local magistrates.
His preaching itself, with all its toils and miseries, was but part of his day's work, which he was bidden to do, and for doing which he deserved no thanks nor praise.
We are often told that Paul was the true author of Christian doctrine, and are bidden to go back from him to Jesus.
They were ill-grounded in regard to the very fundamental doctrines of the faith, as all Paul's argumentation about the resurrection proves, and so they needed to be bidden to 'stand fast in the faith.
Return, I pray you, to your kingdom and there await my father's summons, for I have heard him say that you would be bidden to his court as suitor for my hand.
The Sun was bidden to attend, and so well pleased was he that he stayed in the sky above the Northland Kingdom and set not once until the forty days had passed, and all that time was burning daylight.
Princes and dukes as well as lords and marquises from every court on earth were bidden to attend, and from this assemblage of noble youths, the Princess Silverstar would choose her husband.
Your good eagle and my good Reynard shall stand beside us and let all folk both high and low be bidden to our feast to wish us joy and happiness.
Ernest used to howl for nothing; he used to stamp his feet and roll about in a passion; he was a nervous child, and Louisa had bidden Jean-Christophe not to oppose his whims.
Sufficient treasures for the adornment of a dozen dinner tables were packed away on those baize-covered shelves from which Parsons was bidden to take her choice.
A tea as enjoyed in Chumley was a strenuous affair, when guests were bidden from four to six, and were expected to rack their brains over a number of nerve-racking problems.
Then to Heaven would ascend their humble prayers, and a good-night would be bidden to all friends far and near.
For his wife, who came next, and alone, eight hundred dollars were bidden and paid down.
Poor fellow, he seems to be almost brutally ignorant,' said Peter, addressing his wife in their native language, after they had bidden me farewell for the night.
How long ago it seemed to be since he had bidden them farewell, and come riding back to his native hills.
All the village, and shepherds from distant cots among the hills, were bidden to the funeral.
Thou hast bidden me hold my peace, Pharisee; and I am not the man to be bidden twice.
But in the morning very early the Apostles went into the temple that they might speak to the people, even as the angel had bidden them.
Nay, it was for one Stephen, a Greek, I was biddento ask.
And that evening, after supper, as ordered, Pops tapped at the awful door, was bidden to enter and listen to his doom.
What a little girl she was when her whiteheaded old teacher had bidden her write this sentence on the blackboard.
They told her that the chief Snoqualmie had bidden them take her on without him.
He had already bidden his friends good-by; his parents were long since dead; it only remained to part from the old Indian woman, his nurse in childhood, now his faithful housekeeper and the only inmate of his home.
The prince was greatly grieved at his father's death, but after a year of mourning he resolved to take a bride, and all the maidens were bidden to a feast.
So the soul of the Kalevide flew down from heaven like a bird, and was bidden to reanimate his body; but the might of all the gods, and even the divine wisdom of Taara, could not put his legs on again.
His soul takes flight to the halls of Taara,[8] but is biddenby the gods to reanimate his body.
What a blessed piece of luck it was that the commanding officer at Frayne had bidden him take that route instead of the direct road to Gate City!
On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass: the polish'd axle steel.
The Essex man is bidden to have "the keepers and persons who know the holes and the sloughs" ready to meet his lordship "with lanterns and long poles" to keep the coach on its way.
Accordingly, Mr. Commander, his lawyer, was bidden to look for a suitable piece of ground.
Nay," answered Noie, "if thou goest I go, who also was bidden to follow my heart that is sister to thy heart.
I was bidden to tell thee of the last words of the Black One," went on Umbopa hurriedly; "but what need is there to tell thee anything who knowest all?
When he heard these words, spoken in a strange, wailing voice, Dingaan trembled, for he knew that it was he who had bidden his dogs to run.
Theseus's father was an unknown king; he had bidden the mother show their son where his sword was hidden.
When he had spoken, Pelias said: "I was bidden by the oracle to beware of the man whom I should see coming toward me half shod.
Ensal did as bidden and sitting thus close to the man noted the almost maniacal look of intensity in his eye.
Ensal, the Christ has bidden you, you say, to preach his Gospel to every creature.
In the name of the red Aldebaran,” said he who had bidden the rock to open, “I command thee to become closed.
We were alone, had entered Lugo alone, Señor Jaime having bidden us ride ahead of him and leave him to find his way into the town by himself.
Yet I hoped this would not be so, especially since his Lordship had bidden me see the thing out and then bring him, as fast as I could make my way back to the Netherlands, my account of what had been done.
Just so, he said, in his youth, had he proceeded against his own father; and at just this stage of the proceeding had a voice in his heart bidden him desist.
It was provoking that he should have bidden a person of Helga's sort to ride with him to-day of all days!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bidden" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
