Examples of needful in a Sentence
fortunately, the family had the needful to stock up the larder before the long hard winter
packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country
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The actor did indeed ‘get it together’ and is doing the needful to make things official.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
Even on this side of the border, the supply of people without legal status but needful of income has led to employers’ brazenly violating child-labor laws.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 May 2023
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
Even on this side of the border, the supply of people without legal status but needful of income has led to employers’ brazenly violating child-labor laws.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 May 2023
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“Needful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needful. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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