How to Use necessity in a Sentence

necessity

noun

• All we took with us on our hiking trip were the bare necessities.
• Without a car, living close to work is a necessity.
• Getting plenty of rest is a necessity.
• Sunscreen is an absolute necessity for the beach.
• For Boorse, the necessity of the work — and the tenets of her faith — sustain her for the fight ahead.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
• The first was a great love of Buckley’s, and the second a great necessity.
  — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 25 May 2023
• The one piece that is always a necessity at the game is my purse.
  — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• What good is any of this art in the face of real necessity?
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• Most everyone seems to agree on the supremacy of Koegel’s brand dogs and the necessity of beef heart in the chili.
  — J. J. Goode, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• The reason that’s just me on those songs is out of necessity.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
• The change in metrics will happen out of necessity, the source said.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
• The man and the boy scavenge sites for life’s necessities, most notably food and weapons.
  — Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
• The zip-up jacket hits around the waist, and there are two side pockets for your necessities.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• To the Ledger-ites, the promise of crypto and the necessity of self-custody will prevail.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2022
• Strap-on spikes are another necessity in the ice and snow – kind of like tire chains for your shoes.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
• The outside of the cabin has been set ablaze, and the team has just enough time to grab basic necessities and get out before the roof caves in.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
• Students need to learn to budget with an income in mind and the cost of necessities.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
• But one of those trips was to eat at a restaurant Bert saw in a movie, while others were made out of necessity.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2022
• Some of us grew up parsing through thrift stores out of necessity.
  — Tess Garcia, refinery29.com, 23 June 2022
• The move to a new apartment was out of necessity, according to Lynn.
  — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• Keep in Mind: The 35-inch cord means an extension cord is a necessity.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2022
• While babies and toddlers might not need much, one of those necessities is a car seat.
  — Ashleigh Morley, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024
• The necessities of running the Pentagon means that the No. 1 guy has to be in touch anywhere, anytime.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
• This isn't the Top Chef of yore, where tweezers and microgreens were a necessity.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
• The trip was born of the moral necessity to understand the injustices of colonial abuse.
  — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
• But Meyer, who’s very good in the part, feels like a real person who plots her schemes out of necessity.
  — Pamela Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
• Early mornings and evenings can bring a chill, even in the summer, so a light layer like this is a necessity.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
• Sometimes the photo shows not the change, but the necessity of it, a reminder that the status quo cannot continue.
  — Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• What the Fed does is more complicated than what most news stories imply, and that’s partly out of necessity.
  — Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• Last season, out of necessity, Guhle played on the right side a lot, oftentimes with Matheson, so there would be some familiarity there.
  — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025