Example Sentences

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As tears fell from my chin, I wondered how long they had been needing to come out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Bottura decided that it gave the dessert exactly what it had been needing.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2016

She had been needing more from me recently — not a confidant, exactly, but an enabler.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2015

Feverishly, Mantle had been needing a 535th home run to outwrest Jimmy Foxx for the third rung on the ladder of saints.

From Time Magazine Archive

Francie got new shoes which she had been needing for a long time anyhow.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith