NEEDY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for NEEDY, such as:
1. An idle youth, a needy age.
2. A young man idle, an old man needy.
3. Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.
4. The organization has proved to be a lifeline for thousands of needy families.
5. The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.
2. A young man idle, an old man needy.
3. Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.
4. The organization has proved to be a lifeline for thousands of needy families.
5. The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of NEEDY
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needy
n. needy people collectively
a. poor enough to need help from others
Classic Sentence:
1 I could wish it done as soon as it can be done, Wickfield,' said Doctor Strong, 'for Jack Maldon is needy, and idle; and of those two bad things, worse things sometimes come.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
2 If Richard returns," said Fitzurse, "he returns to enrich his needy and impoverished crusaders at the expense of those who did not follow him to the Holy Land.
3 , the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all the more asperity, since he bestowed them on the needy.
4 The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.
Example Sentence:
1 An idle youth, a needy age.
2 A young man idle, an old man needy.
3 The organization has proved to be a lifeline for thousands of needy families.
4 Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.
5 Economists and poverty researchers say multiple factors may account for the increase in needy college graduates.