be needful
Example Sentences
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Using such serious words so readily not only ensures that no fruitful discussion can follow, it diminishes their value in those rare times where they might be needful.
From Fox News ● Mar. 25, 2019
"All things that be needful both for our souls and bodies" is, we presume, summed up in "our daily bread."
From My Path to Atheism by Annie Wood Besant
It will be needful to leave about a hundred men here, also in Rossyeni and in Kyedani.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
They now all hastened back to the cottage to make such preparations as might be needful.
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Martha Finley
It may be needful to remark that this was not intended to define Life in its essence, but Life as manifested to us.
From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson
