Thesaurus / necessitous

necessitous

How to use necessitous in a sentence

The reasons for its adoption were, and are, still obviously wise, although not necessitous.

ANTONIO STRADIVARIHORACE WILLIAM PETHERICK

Alleviate the toil of the necessitous, but do not prevent their useful employment of time and means.

This venerable woman was prompt and undelaying in the relief she afforded to the necessitous.

He chose a night when a steady, blowing rain had driven all but limousined and most necessitous traffic from the streets.

Yet the cost of so formidable a journey would be far beyond this necessitous one's means.

His childhood was indeed a little necessitous, and he died early, and in debt, after some years of very bad health.

She fed the hungry and clothed the naked; many a loaf of bread she carried with her own hands to the necessitous.

GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLES

The next letter is from one who materially aided her in helping the necessitous.

GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLES

The necessitous potentate could often urge his desire for a “loan” by very persuasive methods.

This Society was instituted in 1784, with the object of relieving the necessitous children of Irish parents resident in London.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985