helpmate

Example Sentences

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In her new book about her 107-day run for president, Kamala Harris suggests that President Biden was more hindrance than helpmate.

From Los Angeles Times

Harris suggests in many ways Biden was more hindrance than helpmate as she struggled to step out from the shadow that inevitably shrouds the vice president.

From Los Angeles Times

Matt Walsh, meanwhile, lectures that a woman's place is as a "helpmate" and men don't — or shouldn't — want a partner who has money or a life of her own.

From Salon

But when Styron had depression in the 1980s she was a stalwart helpmate in his recovery, and encouraged him to write “Darkness Visible,” the memoir that has become one of his best known works.

From New York Times

On the face of it, your partner doesn’t seem to have placed a high priority on being your stalwart helpmate.

From Washington Post