be needful
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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
"A certain amount must be needful," said she, half jokingly, "when conversing with a learned man."
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
You shall have means of finding me, too, should it be needful; and now, my Lord Abbot, a sad good night.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
If there be anything in inspiration, it will be needful on such a theme.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip
You shall be convinced, my dear minister," said he, "that I have not been idle, and that I have thought of preparing for the action you hold to be needful.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
