needily

• “I'm not an assassination buff, so by the time we are delving into the motives and whereabouts of suspects 7 and 8, I'm needily eyeing one of the many cappuccino places we pass on the way to our final destination, Lafayette Square.”

  The Washington Post: Reenactors turn history into theater across D.C. area

• “I love my dead as fiercely and needily as I ever loved them when they were alive, but without hope.”

  the dark horse

• “So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had – if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay – there was respite, and that respite was sweet.”

  The Sound Of A Mental Health Break | Her Bad Mother

• “What will I do when there are no more little arms stretching out to me, needily wanting “UP”?”

  Flight | Her Bad Mother

• “So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had - if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay - there was respite, and that respite was sweet.”

  Archive 2008-06-29

• “What will I do when there are no more little arms stretching out to me, needily wanting "UP"?”

  Flight

• “HARRIS: A kettle full of cash for needily families.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007

• “I scoop her up and carry her through to my bedroom, where we sit on my scarlet bed and I hug her needily, in silence, nose buried in blonde corkscrew curls, while Mr Frog starts unpacking his holdall.”

  wolf

• “Paradise, for to work there, not to labour needily, but in delighting and recreating him, and that he should keep Paradise.”

  The Golden Legend, vol. 1

• “That is fear to me," she says needily, opening a fresh white blank page, "It means no one wants me.”

  The Guardian World News

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