He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

And neediness is the biggest turn off; the thing most likely to send any man/boy running at top speed in the opposite direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [snap] Reference

I think her "neediness" may keep other young women at bay.    From Wordnik.com.  [1920's Interior Decorating] Reference

Falling that, I mean you have look at a really disturbed personality, someone who has a gaping hole in their psyche, you know, the kind of neediness that just oozes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2003] Reference

Partners exhibiting traits of control, manipulation, dishonesty and "neediness" or narcissism really do not need to be dated or married - and especially - to reproduce.    From Wordnik.com.  [April 2009] Reference

Their level of neediness is, as we finding out, most alarming.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

The 'black hole' of 'Palestinian' neediness has already consumed billions.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Desperation, neediness and loneliness should never be implied or alluded to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Massa: How to End the Online Dating Stigma] Reference

I do hope i havent transferred all of the neediness i had with mom onto dan.    From Wordnik.com.  [i-claudius Diary Entry] Reference

Her body was exploding with tiny tremors and aches of neediness for him alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Man Alone]

HARRIS: Matador says Frank is over-exerted, breaking the rule of non-neediness.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2008] Reference

I couldn't quite place the source of neediness seeping through so many of their posts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation] Reference

Miss TB has this neediness of always having to have someone walk or take her to her car.    From Wordnik.com.  [2001-05-22 6:34 a.m.] Reference

That required not pandering, and it also required removing neediness, the need to please.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Saturday Night!] Reference

Mystery says that it's supposed to trigger a girl's sense of loss and shows non-neediness.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2008] Reference

This, if not the entirety of the neediness called love, epitomized the good that was there.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference

Mystery says that it's supposed to trigger a girl's sense of loss and shows none neediness.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2008] Reference

We often move our attention to our children, projecting our distress and neediness onto them.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Code: How a Parent's Anxious Mind Impacts a Child] Reference

Humility is necessary on the part of the person praying, because he recognizes his neediness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

He hated their neediness and as the spankings continued, Kumpee began to oppose these gestures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference

Plus, he'll never be able to make people squirm in quite the same way that Nixon's neediness did.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Lampoons Obama: "Audacity Of Hopelessness"] Reference

And to question, to pursue ... would lead to accusations of neediness and I am not doing that again.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

Marco's neediness was in great demand, and his small, shell-like hands could barely handle the volume.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arab Bank] Reference

Whether this question was an artifice contrived for monetary gain or a real neediness he did not know.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference

The feelings were unadulterated neediness because of his adultery-the jealous biological programming of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference

Scarcity-consciousness - e.g. "all the good ones are taken" - begets neediness, and neediness is not attractive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Alex Benzer: The Tao of Dating: 5 Principles to Overcome Any Challenge in Your Love Life] Reference

HARRIS: "Matador" says Frank is overexerting, breaking the rule of non-neediness, but it's loud and he has to shout.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2008] Reference

I think this gets back to what we were talking a minute ago about with Valentine's Day and co-dependency and neediness.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2005] Reference

And then there is the air of patronage, combined with an odor of neediness and a thick-skinned, unembarrassable meanness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brits Behaving Badly] Reference

It is singularly disconcerting how instead of our name-neediness decreasing with income level, the exact opposite is true.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Tonello: Cuckoo for Counterfeits] Reference

I think it became a question of wanting it too badly and people rejecting the neediness of it, I mean, on an emotional level.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2002] Reference

She didn't need to say anything, I could tell by her posture, the look in her eyes, the general feeling of neediness surrounding me.    From Wordnik.com.  [indiankurtis Diary Entry] Reference

And I'd like to say that I think the reason she has lived on is that her vulnerability and her neediness has touched a lot of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2001] Reference

He had spent money on her, and time with her, and in her mind she had transmuted these into the emotional bond her own neediness craved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Master of Pleasure]