be needy
Example Sentences
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Another way of putting this is don’t be needy.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
When clinginess happens—because, yes, it inevitably will—reassure your child; hold him; let him be needy.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2014
Since these magnanimous bats will someday be needy themselves, this reciprocal altruism is a win-win game.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Mr. Myers is making everything worse—making him stand out, be needy, expecting us kids to help when all we want to do is survive.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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One or two seemed to be needy adventurers, but they came and went among the rest, though it was obvious that they could not be staying at the hotel.
From Harding of Allenwood by Bindloss, Harold