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
But the show, despite being aware of Verdon’s talent, primarily makes her a kind of long-suffering helpmeet, no longer in her prime, even though Fosse is in his.
From Slate • Dec. 13, 2019
“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
What Robbins loved most was New York, the city that was his muse and his helpmeet — and that has been transformed beyond recognition from the days of Jets and Sharks.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2019
What sort of helpmeet she has been he lovingly portrayed in the “Dedication,”—a tender tribute that was fully deserved.
From Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson by Parsons, Eugene
