stand in need of

She was panicking because she was aware, even at her tender age, that she was “poor and shall stand in need of something to gain support.”

In the letter he asked for “one of your scrapers as my teeth stand in need of cleaning.”

It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters.

Today, liberals use it to imply that the nation and perhaps even the Constitution weren’t immaculately conceived and stand in need of reform.

Synagogues did not stand in need of constant protection.