How to Use needy in a Sentence

needy

adjective

• As a child, she was extremely needy and had no self-confidence.
• 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
• How to not feel like a needy buzzkill, and how to not make your friends feel like stooges.
  — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
• In spite of his needy tendencies, Austin was beloved by cast and crew.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• Then Norma made quilts for needy people, sewing more than 100 in the past six years.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• These liars were, as a whole, needy and eager for social approval.
  — Ellen Barry Dave Sanders, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• Funds raised will be used to assist needy children in Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
• So to reserve your happy self for your new love and to bring only your needy self to them is the kind of thing that can wear a friendship down to a nub.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
• Nola Darling commands the head of the table, while all three of her needy lovers share in her holiday feast.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2022
• Most of my friends come from stable middle-class families that aren’t as needy as mine.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
• Ted, needy but mellow, lives in the shadow of Marty’s rejection.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 June 2023
• The Qatari aid covers the salaries of civil servants, buys fuel for the power grid and provides cash to needy families.
  — Lisa Cavazuti, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
• The school has 200 students, with plans to expand its size and provide scholarships for needy children.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2023
• His foundation for the past 20 years has given away tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods and services to needy families in the area.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 10 Dec. 2022
• Receiver-needy teams such as the Packers and Chiefs passed on Pickens late in the first round, and character concerns might be part of the reason why.
  — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
• Research rooted in brand narcissism sounds like a needy date.
  — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• This person had more than a year to prepare for the move, but didn’t plan ahead for many of the tasks and now is overwhelmed, needy, whiny and complaining constantly.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• The foundation is no longer a nonprofit, but still refers needy boxers to services.
  — Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• He was left in a cardboard box at a South Carolina humane society and is very needy.
  — Stu Davidson, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
• And so the robotics team wants to keep doing this design and deliver more prosthetics to needy kids in Cleveland and across the.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
• Memphis and Milwaukee are perhaps a bit less needy, though still could use Clarkson’s skillset.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Places like the Getty and the Met, with multibillion-dollar endowments, are worthy but not needy, though the Met is worthy only part of the time.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 June 2023
• Phil Bryant and other officials to help secure funding for the sports complex out of funds that were supposed to go to needy families in the state.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024