Sentence examples for needy boy from inspiring English sources

Certainly Matty, the mischievous, needy boy in "Messenger," reminds me of Sam Krupnik, and the warm domestic detail evokes Sam's family.

Cary Woodworth in the title role appears to be at far looser ends than the predatory, needy boy, but then he does double duty, also playing a young priest (don't ask why).

And he did something canny: he didn't exaggerate or satirize Walt's pretensions; he played them straight, as a needy boy's desire for approval in an intellectual family.

That did not seem to strike Paterno, or other members of the football staff, as odd, given that Sandusky was understood to be a good man doing nice things for needy boys.

Like the mysterious stranger who becomes a catalyst of change suggested in a Twain volume hidden in couch cushions, Harold offers the needy boys a reassuring pat on the shoulder, fresh suits and pale yellow loafers.

The music of the former was the soundtrack of Miss Chu's mood when she sat in a trance — even the chattiest girl or the neediest boy knew to leave her alone then.

But the player isn't ready to bond with a needy young boy.

Although she is a member of the United States Senate, Willa apparently thinks nothing of wandering off to a dicey neighborhood to spend an evening in the company of a needy teenage boy.

A related article is on Page 6. MONSIEUR IBRAHIM -- Omar Sharif plays a Muslim grocer who becomes good friends with an emotionally needy Jewish boy (Pierre Boulanger) in 1960's Paris.

The adulterous dad, known only as Mr. X (Paul Giamatti), may be a caricature of boredom and moneyed contempt, but, as Mrs. X, Laura Linney finds something both scary and touching in the situation of a woman frightened of her own needy little boy and desperate to please her vile husband.

Women especially want their man to be in their power -- not coming to them like a needy little boy.