unbiddable

The irruption of the horses — illustrating their farness, their closeness, their threat, their beauty — shows them to be, as Armitage says, "unbiddable."

2009 February 12 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

The irruption of the horses — illustrating their farness, their closeness, their threat, their beauty — shows them to be, as Armitage says, "unbiddable."

Vendler on Armitage: the willingness not to make a point…not to be witty 2009

He elegantly defines It as "secular magic," and observes that the person who has It seems to hold a "precarious balance ... between polarities like egoless self-confidence or unbiddable magnetism."

Theresa Rebeck: The Greatest 'It Girl' Moments of All Time 2008

And it was true; Annabel had grieved every day and every night for the lost years, for the man Nicholas, and for the determined, unbiddable little boy she had begged to remain with her in Boston so long ago.

THE VOW Linda Lael Miller 1998

Cornix was the most unbiddable of the stallions-so wild he had had to be roped, tied, and twitched before a round bit could be inserted between his snapping jaws and a stout bridle attached to his head.

Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996

Cadfael chided the last and most unbiddable of his charges into the barn, and passed in after her, advancing into the dimness that left him temporarily blind.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

Taen Dreamweaver had found the Kielmark's mind a chaos of unbiddable madness when he indulged in his killing rages.

Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

The man sat coiled, a hairsbreadth removed from unbiddable violence.

Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

But news from the south was sparse, and travellers few, and here the unbiddable fruit was ripening early.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

But news from the south was sparse, and travellers few, and here the unbiddable fruit was ripening early.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985