How to Use needy in a Sentence

needy

adjective
  • As a child, she was extremely needy and had no self-confidence.
  • The wealth will be used to advance the gospel and to help the poor and needy.
    — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The Son of Man is needy in the persons of those who hunger and thirst.
    — Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The United States isn’t where most of the world’s needy infants are to be found.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2021
  • Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • So why did the pass-rush needy Lions cut ties with him in March?
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2020
  • How to not feel like a needy buzzkill, and how to not make your friends feel like stooges.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Stressful times are the worst times to feel hemmed in by a needy new girlfriend.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Stressful times are the worst times to feel hemmed in by a needy new girlfriend.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Stressful times are the worst times to feel hemmed in by a needy new girlfriend.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Their tuition is hiked to pay the fare for needy students.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This is made worse by his needy eyes and floppy curly hair.
    — Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But dropping down to No. 10 isn’t ideal for the wing-needy Cavs.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2020
  • In spite of his needy tendencies, Austin was beloved by cast and crew.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Quarterback-needy teams passed over Mahomes at the top of the 2017 draft.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Then Norma made quilts for needy people, sewing more than 100 in the past six years.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • That needy Jesus, who pops in right at the end, deserves his own sad and thirsty spinoff.
    — Matthew Love, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • The Deep, Dark Truth Your phone, when left to its own devices, is a needy little thing.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
  • There are a few quarterback-needy teams at the top of the draft that could select Sanders or Ward.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe his dates see him as seeking too much and coming off as needy.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Each brings different skills and holes, but each would be a talent boon to a needy team.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2022
  • But in the interim, some needy buyers are likely to be priced out of the market.
    — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • Both groups recoiled at the image of old people as frail or needy.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The school expects to help over 100 needy students shop for the holidays this year.
    — Susan Soldavin, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The Raiders and Broncos lurk as potential QB-needy teams as well.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Best of all — all the money goes to help needy people, through the charities of SAY Detroit.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2023
  • The food box program is designed to get that food to needy families.
    — Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 26 June 2020
  • Once the season began, Wentz spent Mondays waiting for a call from a needy team.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The answer lies in the fear of being seen as overly dependent or needy.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • If the Jaguars take Hutchinson at No. 1, offensive line-needy teams still will have both top tackles on the board.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2022

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