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
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
He considered, like Diogenes, that since all men could not be rich and comfortable, it was better that they should all be needy and miserable.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston
