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stand in need

verb as in require

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Example Sentences

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.”

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In the letter he asked for “one of your scrapers as my teeth stand in need of cleaning.”

It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters.

“This Year of Mercy is first of all a reminder to all of us that before God we all stand in need of mercy; so in this we are all poor.”

“This Year of Mercy is first of all a reminder to all of us that before God we all stand in need of mercy; so in this we are all poor.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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