needy - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • soul: It is filled with needy souls, many of whom are heading for a lost eternity.
  • cat: Ros in the swim This is Ros mid way through her second sponsored swim to help the needy cats.
  • family: I wanted to raise £ 185 - enough money to buy a cow for a needy Indian family.
  • child: These are now on their way to needy children in Eastern Europe.
  • folk: There are a lot of needy folk around here. It is more the way the UDM have done it that is wrong.
  • brother: Father, as time goes by, may we also be able to help our needy brothers and sisters.

Modifying Another Word

  • medically: Through medically needy were provided with to a new.
  • truly: How can we prioritize our caring so that the truly needy get what they need while those who would suck us dry do not.
  • particularly: There was also a discussion, in addition to a fixed one-time payment, of payments to eligible persons who are particularly needy.
  • very: Some of these are very needy, hence we try to get them into foster homes.
  • too: I was too needy for any man to deal with.
  • really: I wonder who are the really needy people today for whom we should care like this?

Used with adjective complement

  • become: However, he decides to break things off with her when she becomes too needy, controlling, and jealous.

Preposition: without

  • partiality: We will be gracious to the needy without partiality, and we must be gracious to the needy without partiality.

Preposition: in

  • country: Usable clothing is either given to the needy in this country or exported abroad.
  • community: We also have a thriving group working with local children and the needy in the community.
  • area: Design ER The Design ER team scours the country offering their expertise and helping out the needy in design disaster areas.

Preposition: of

  • world: So not only are we to support saints, but we're to look after the poor and the needy of the world.

Preposition: for

  • pair: They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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