stand in need
Example Sentences
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She was panicking because she was aware, even at her tender age, that she was “poor and shall stand in need of something to gain support.”
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024
Science takes the objects of experience as explicanda, things that stand in need of explanation.
From Scientific American • May 24, 2011
Radio, television, public relations and even government stand in need of his services, and bid spiritedly against the U.S. press for the newcomer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said the governor: "I am very grateful, but I do not know why I stand in need of sympathy."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
