helpmeet
Example Sentences
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When Harold burned out on being the helpmeet to the rising star, Minnie took his place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
Ms. Gustern might have thought of herself as a helpmeet or second banana, but her students didn’t see her that way.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
“The Wife” is about Joan Castleman, the long-suffering helpmeet to Joe Castleman, a famous author who builds his legacy by leeching off Joan’s literary ambitions.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2019
He’s the high-strung, temperamental artiste, Verdon his calming, smiling muse and helpmeet, ready to provide assistance, inspiration, a cool head, whatever Bob needs.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2019
This paragraph from the Autobiography does not contain the only tribute paid by Franklin to his wife as a faithful helpmeet.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
