be needy
Example Sentences
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Another way of putting this is don’t be needy.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
When clinginess happens—because, yes, it inevitably will—reassure your child; hold him; let him be needy.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2014
Since these magnanimous bats will someday be needy themselves, this reciprocal altruism is a win-win game.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Myers is making everything worse—making him stand out, be needy, expecting us kids to help when all we want to do is survive.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Praise the demesne? no doubt; only be needy the man.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
