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
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 Finley, Martha
Biscuits and water are stored in the lantern keg, with matches and whatever else may be needful.
From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames
"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
Before he went away again he shared that secret with her, since in certain exigencies it might be needful that some one should be able to act on wired instructions.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh
