Examples of the needy in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
As the needy Moon in your 8th House of Shared Resources clashes with restrictive Saturn in your personal finance zone, your instinctive response might be to tell them no.
—
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
This led to proposals such as those to set an aid target of one percent of each donor nation's GNP, playing off the Christian principle of tithing (giving ten percent of one's income to the church) or the Muslim duty of zakat (which mandates donating 2.5 percent of one's earnings to the needy).
—Jagdish Bhagwati, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
Hudson recalled the day a community member was trying to sell shoes at the same time the church was giving shoes to the needy.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
In several cases, the cloned dog’s appeal appeared to lie partly in physical problems or a difficult start in life: the dog found as a mangy stray or rescued from a kill shelter or a bad breeder; the needy dog or the purebred with a non-ideal characteristic.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for the needy 
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
This led to proposals such as those to set an aid target of one percent of each donor nation's GNP, playing off the Christian principle of tithing (giving ten percent of one's income to the church) or the Muslim duty of zakat (which mandates donating 2.5 percent of one's earnings to the needy).
—Jagdish Bhagwati, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
Hudson recalled the day a community member was trying to sell shoes at the same time the church was giving shoes to the needy.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
In several cases, the cloned dog’s appeal appeared to lie partly in physical problems or a difficult start in life: the dog found as a mangy stray or rescued from a kill shelter or a bad breeder; the needy dog or the purebred with a non-ideal characteristic.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for the needy
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'the needy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near the needy
Cite this Entry
“The needy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20needy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share