needful

Example Sentences

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The power to change the Kennedy Center marquee resides with Congress, which has authority to “make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Many will be young men and women who will risk prison, or worse, to deliver the facts to a needful public — even if some of the public don't want to hear it.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2022

He is doing the needful to train the boy for recruitment into his Regiment.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022

When I slather it on—my lips are even more needful in West Texas—I usually hold out the tube, and Matt usually declines, but that’s not the part that matters.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2021

She left him fuming, and lingered no longer than was needful to feed and water her horses.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin