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Example sentences for "great need"

  • The royal treasury of these islands is in great need of inspection and reform.

  • At the same time the expenses are heavy; and it is now housed in a very small, old, wooden building, which at the present time is decaying and is in great need of repairs.

  • The poor creatures were subjected to all kinds of abuse and suffering, the women in great need of better quarters, better food, and care.

  • There is great need of reformation in the management of prisons, and especially in the prison lease system and management of women prisoners in the south.

  • But while you were singing that glorious anthem, "Meet Me There," power from above opened my spiritual vision to see the horrible condition of my soul, and so enabled me to realize my great need of divine favor.

  • I had no difficulty in obeying her, for I was truly in great need of rest.

  • There be great need in these times to bear in remembrance what the Lord says, that he will be ashamed in heaven before his angels of such as be ashamed of him on earth.

  • On the departure of the enemy, our men must have found themselves in great need of everything, for whatever houses and stores were there were all burned; for the Dutch have done this three times on that point.

  • This church is also in great need of ornaments and of a sacristy.

  • Half of this money I took for the Orphans and half for the other objects, as they also were in great need.

  • If the one person is in great need, and others are only in slight need, it is better to give to the one in great need.

  • If there is question of relative laws (see 303), the decree in question can be made by God; for the unbecomingness of that which is forbidden by a relative law passes away in the face of a great need.

  • There is a great need of reform in this, for the chiefs are spiritless and faint-hearted.

  • There is great need of religious to administer instruction to the natives, since of the few who were here a large number have died, this year and last.

  • There is great need of another good officer.

  • If they should fail to come, great need would be felt everywhere.

  • And she, who had neither seen nor looked at him before, said: "Sire, you come from God in this time of my great need!

  • He has not come here to disport himself or to hunt or chase, but he comes in search of honour and to increase his fame and renown, and I have seen that he stands in great need of rest.

  • I accept the offer gladly," he replies, "for I stand in great need of it, and it is time to find a lodging.

  • In his room, the lion's heart is heavy and sad, for he remembers the kind deed done for him by this noble man, who now must stand in great need of his service and aid.

  • The Alabama troops were in great need of all kinds of war equipment, and the state administration made every effort to obtain military supplies from abroad.

  • The state took entire charge of the whole supply that was for sale and sold it at a moderate price, sometimes at cost, and to those in great need it was furnished free.

  • He asks again that the king will aid his faithful subjects who have begun a colony there; no assistance has been received since their arrival there, and they are in great need of everything.

  • There is great need of the Christian religion among these natives, as well as of the men and other things asked in the memorandum.

  • To guess this he will have to dream; indeed he is in great need of sleep, for he has worked hard.

  • Indeed there would be great need of [69] providing against these detestable murders by some suitable remedy if one could be found.

  • There is great need here of reinforcements.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great need" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    great blow; great builder; great capital; great central; great cities; great crowd; great disadvantage; great elevation; great fleet; great haste; great heiress; great improvement; great indignation; great love; great marvel; great might; great misery; great part; great public; great rivers; great series; great slaughter; great throb; great train; greater number; much salt