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

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

He’s Alfred, Ben Affleck’s butler – a more competent and acid helpmeet than Michael Caine’s doddery codger.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2016

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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell