in need
idiom
: in a condition of needing something (such as the things one needs to live)
a charity that raises money for women and children in need
Examples of in need in a Sentence
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World-weary and briskly capable, Dayana isn’t much in need of extra assistance.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2024
On Monday morning, he was sent a letter from the West Bridgewater Community Christmas Sharing Program, an organization that for the past 39 years has provided gifts for families in need through giving trees and donations.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Kael also noted that for any production in need of a castle, there is a larger country-wide initiative to restore and preserve old castles in the region.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
More than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are in need of humanitarian assistance.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
—Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
With the Heat in need of players who could put pressure on the rim, Rozier provided that by averaging the third-most drives to the basket on the team this season with 10.3 per game behind only Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
Her wife, 31, is a lawyer who studied at the North Carolina Central University School of Law and was recognized in 2022 as the highest pro-bono honor earner for her work with the school's pro bono clinic, which provides free legal services to people in need.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Yet very little of it goes directly to local communities in need.
—Kennedy Odede, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2024
On Monday morning, he was sent a letter from the West Bridgewater Community Christmas Sharing Program, an organization that for the past 39 years has provided gifts for families in need through giving trees and donations.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Kael also noted that for any production in need of a castle, there is a larger country-wide initiative to restore and preserve old castles in the region.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
More than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are in need of humanitarian assistance.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
—Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
With the Heat in need of players who could put pressure on the rim, Rozier provided that by averaging the third-most drives to the basket on the team this season with 10.3 per game behind only Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
Her wife, 31, is a lawyer who studied at the North Carolina Central University School of Law and was recognized in 2022 as the highest pro-bono honor earner for her work with the school's pro bono clinic, which provides free legal services to people in need.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Yet very little of it goes directly to local communities in need.
—Kennedy Odede, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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“In need.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20need. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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