Sentence examples for neediness to from inspiring English sources

"neediness to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe a strong feeling or desire to have or do something. Example: Despite her good grades and accomplishments, Sarah's constant neediness to be praised by others stemmed from her insecurity and low self-esteem.

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At no point does the sheer geekiness, the neediness to know, come across.

His characters play with ideas - even, at times, belabour them with a provincial neediness to show off.

There is such a girlish neediness to her, her whole body quivering at times with desire for love from the audience.

But Eve works her way into his bloodstream like a slow-acting poison, challenging his devotion to an ex-girlfriend who suffers from a debilitating neurological disorder and wickedly manipulating Jonah's emotional neediness to satisfy her own sadistic sexual tastes.

Here, he is utterly believable as a smart, troubled man, and in his interactions with Ms. Davis he bounces from charm to neediness to hostile sarcasm, keeping her off-balance and keeping the movie on its toes.

Unfortunately Ms. May's sharp satirical touch softens, and the play begins to fizzle, when the focus shifts from Doreen's dithering self-involvement and childish neediness to the dreary conflicts tearing at Carla's marriage to Michael Grant Shaudd), a do-gooding schoolteacher in a terminal bad mood.

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They love their children's neediness; they want to be the provider, the first person to whom the child turns.

One way to get rid of neediness is to prove to yourself that you don't need anyone by doing things by yourself, or being single, for an extended period of time, until you feel confident.

Helen has only so much patience for Alex's neediness, preferring to go to the store to buy frozen lasagna-for-one dinners and enough wine to make the cashier assume that she is having a party.

Paul senses the "whiff of addiction" in Ginger's devotion to Velvet, and it's true that there's an unsettling neediness both to the urgency of her love and to her wish to prove herself adequate at loving.

But for all their petulance and neediness, they love us; they want to be close to us.

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