feel the necessity for

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He now began to feel the necessity for some new display of activity in defending the frontier and accordingly he built a sort of row-galley upon which he placed some four-pound cannon.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben

Experience with the other plays had led the children to feel the necessity for having a satisfactory ending after the climax.

From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Lobingier, Elizabeth Erwin Miller

The fleet slackened their fire towards night, as the guns of the enemy became silenced, and the ships began to feel the necessity for husbanding their ammunition.

From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Osler, Edward

Personally I am in favor of limiting debate to the shortest time, for I feel the necessity for prompt action.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)

"Look here, my friend, haven't we been married long enough for you to cease to feel the necessity for those pretty speeches?"

From Patty and Azalea by Wells, Carolyn