They were bidden to go to the forest. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used without object) : I will do as you bid. ,She bid at the auction for the old chair. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a bid to join the club. ,a bid for election. From Dictionary.com.
"Modi is bidden by the call of the motherland," says H. From Wordnik.com. [Modi's Moment] Reference
He is then bidden to rise up and search for the whistle. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
"It was my duty to do as I was bidden!" retorted Peppino. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
"Jude has purty well bidden the whole top of the mountain.". From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
The boy did as he was bidden, and soon appeared at the back door. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
He enters, bad (bidden) by a welcoming gesture and the door shuts. From Wordnik.com. [Life is Life (or Ode to a great big idiot like Zizek)] Reference
The young inventor had bidden farewell to Miss Nestor the night previous. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
And now, again, I am bidden to contemplate the gracious ministries of the. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Then he raised his heavy cane and started to do as bidden when Jerry rushed at him. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
It was as though the waves had tried to intimidate them, and had been bidden defiance. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
The little girl ran off to do as bidden, and our hero entered the dilapidated tenement. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Miss Blake, when she heard of the affair, had bidden John Gardiner bring the man to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Yet, at that very moment, she was bidden in the van, parked not 10 feet from where I stood. From Wordnik.com. [Abusing The Rights Of Parents] Reference
And that was a strange meal when she had finally put it on the table and bidden them to it. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Nor had she forgotten to provide for other guests who were bidden to celebrate her birthday. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Janice did as she was bidden as far as knocking at the door of the front room was concerned. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
At the same moment I heard a gate clang shut behind us and was respectfully bidden to alight. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
"Knowest thou why thou hast been bidden to stand before the judges of the land?" asked the king. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Heo as ha þrinne wes in þeosternesse hire ane feng te cleopien to crist ant bidden þeos bone. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts] Reference
Therefore with remarkable discretion they masked their wondering looks and did as they were bidden. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
And when I am bidden to keep a commandment I feel as though I have received the bulb but not the soil!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Men, with tear-stained faces, looked away from his death to 'form themselves' -- as he had bidden them. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Elizabeth went as she was bidden -- went quietly, and was introduced to the neighbour whom she had never seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Miss Wayne was banished from the building entirely, and Dr. Race was bidden to go his rounds with his eyes shut. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
She was soon bidden to retire with an attendant, while he read the communication of which she had been the bearer. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
We were bidden to stand up, and stood face to face with one another like the divine spouses in the picture of Raphael. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"King David was my ancestor, and in the presence of a king I must stand motionless until bidden to make any movement.". From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Then by a refinement of cruelty, spades were brought forward, and the condemned men were bidden to dig their own graves. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
That same evening the fisherman was again visited by the spirit who had bidden him an eternal farewell the previous evening. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
With an oath, he was bidden to take off his slip, an 'tied to the other rope with a rail at the lower end, nearly touching the ground. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Message after message was sent, and finally a reply came, brought by a messenger who had been bidden to insist upon receiving an answer. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He entered when bidden, but would not sit down, and looked about him with an effort to adjust his impressions with what he saw before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
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