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

“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

The excellent Ms. Rogers returns as Harry’s frowzy helpmeet, a woman narcotized by monotony, who can still put on the dog for a handsome stranger.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2018

For his part, Law's Dr Banks is the sinister helpmeet, perfect for bringing out Emily's neuroses: he is bland, conceited, self-congratulatory, more than a little liable to indulge a beautiful young patient.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2013

Might she not end by being a real helpmeet to him?

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von