NEEDY in a Sentence

Learn NEEDY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of NEEDY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
needy
 a.  poor; indigent; being in need; impoverished
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
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  , the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all the more asperity, since he bestowed them on the needy.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
4  The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
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.