friend in need

Example Sentences

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If your goal was to flaunt your wealth, that would be patronizing, sure, but it seems clear that you simply want to help a good friend in need.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

"A friend in need is a friend indeed," he said.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2022

“A friend in need is a friend in indeed,” Ms. Harris said before cracking up at her own line.

From Washington Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Equally worthy of entertaining, dropping off for a friend in need or simply enjoying on a weeknight, hot chicken salad does precisely what is asked of a casserole: to soothe, lift up and spread joy.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

“It quickly became apparent to me,” he wrote, that. . . the prison warden, to be effective, would have to constitute himself not as an instrument of punishment but a firm, frank friend in need.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover