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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a man in need" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is experiencing a difficult situation or requires assistance.
Example: "The charity organization aims to help a man in need by providing food and shelter."
Alternatives: "a person in distress" or "an individual seeking help."
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This time last year, he looked like a man in need of a miracle.
Murder and Music On Christmas Eve 1880, a man in need of money strangles a pawnbroker.
Ian Bell looks a man in need of digging in to find his form.
If Gordon-Reed's challenge is met, Thomas Jefferson is a man in need of a new biography.
He likes the kind of anti-hero who found himself "being a man in need of a new sin".
But Koestler's violent mood swings and impulsive actions suggest a man in need of medication, not religion.
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This is a man in desperate need of attention.
This is a man in dire need of life-coaching.
This is a man in serious need of some interns.
He gave shelter to a man in desperate need, only to discover that the man was the hunted, hated overlord the Grand Duke.
"We, in this room, we are America," insisted LaPierre, whose gulpy, throttled delivery belied the clench of a man in serious need of breathing lessons.
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