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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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