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

Through it all he drew on New York, his inspiration and his helpmeet.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 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

A pretty helpmeet for a Hojo was this degenerate child of Nara's!

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis