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 basic point of the essay was that she had been groomed to be a certain kind of bright but compliant helpmeet, and she was spitting mad at herself for succeeding.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023

“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

In 1615, for example, Cecco del Caravaggio, no relation though he was the older painter’s helpmeet, sometime model and companion, looked back to the early paintings of boys when he produced his own Musician.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2016

His wife seemed, in all her life and actions, to be a suitable helpmeet for him.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry