needful

Example Sentences

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He often eats at Cocina Plantasaurus, a restaurant that serves plant-based fare inside the Washington Street shop called Needful Things.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Instead, it’s set in the same cursed Maine town that King has returned to repeatedly in books like Cujo, The Dark Half, and Needful Things.

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2018

Ex-Sheriff Pangborn, a part that Glenn knocks out of the park, is a recurring figure in several of King’s books, including Needful Things and The Dark Half.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2018

The name of the shop and the general plot is a reference to Stephen King's novel and film Needful Things.

From Time • Jul. 27, 2017

We are prone to say "This thing is Needful — that, Superfluous"— Yet they invariably co-exist!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir